The Italian Catholic Diocese of Prato ( la, Dioecesis Pratensis) in

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, has existed since 1954. Its see is

Prato Cathedral Prato Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Stephen, ( it, Duomo di Prato; Cattedrale di San Stefano) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy, from 1954 the seat of the Bishop of Prato, having been previously, from 1653, a cath ...

. The diocese is a

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...

of the

Archdiocese of Florence The Archdiocese of Florence ( la, Archidioecesis Florentina) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.

History

The diocese was created when the Diocese of Pistoia-Prato was split by

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

in 1954.

Bishops

*Pietro Fiordelli (7 July 1954 – 1991) *

Gastone Simoni Gastone Simoni (9 April 1937 – 28 August 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church serving as the bishop of Diocese of Prato from 1992 to 2021. Biography Simoni was born in Castelfranco di Sopra, in the province of Arezzo, Ita ...

(1991 – 2012) *

Franco Agostinelli Franco Agostinelli (born 1 January 1944) is a retired Italian prelate who served as Bishop of Prato and Bishop of Grosseto. Biography Franco Agostinelli was born on 1 January 1944 in Arezzo, a '' comune'' in Tuscany, Italy. He was ordained a ...

(2012 – 15 May 2019) * Giovanni Nerbini (15 May 2019 – present)

Churches

Santa Maria Assunta in Filettole The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta in Filettole in the Italian region of Tuscany dates from the eleventh century. It was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in 1958. Location The church is at Filettole, a village on the outskirts ...

References

External links

''Catholic Hierarchy'' page
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Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 ...

Christian organizations established in 1954