Diocese of Parma
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Diocese of Parma Dioecesis Parmensis |
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Parma Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Modena-Nonantola |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,100 km2 (810 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 320,662 308,247 (96.1%) |
| Parishes | 309 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th Century (416 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale della Assunzione di Maria Virgine |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Enrico Solmi |
| Website | |
| www.diocesi.parma.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Parma (Latin: Dioecesis Parmensis) has properly been called Diocese of Parma-Fontevivo since 1892. The bishop's seat is in Parma Cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.
The first known Bishop of Parma is Urbanus, a partisan of the antipope Ursicinus, and deposed by Pope Damasus in 378.
Other bishops were:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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