The Diocese of Mantua (Latin: Dioecesis Mantuana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The diocese existed at the beginning of the 8th century,[1] though the earliest attested bishop is Laiulfus (827).[2] It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan since 1819.[3]
The cathedra of its bishop is in the Cathedral of S. Pietro Apostolo. Mantua also contains the Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova. The current Bishop of Mantua is Gianmarco Busca, appointed by Pope Francis on June 3, 2016. The bishop emeritus is Roberto Busti. In 2013, there was one priest in the diocese for every 1,660 Catholics; in 2016, there was one priest for every 1,763 Catholics. The Diocese of Mantua is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan.
^Lanzoni, p. 943: "Dalla epistola di certo Crispo, diacono di Milano, a un preposto di Mantova di nome Mauro, attribuita dall'editore tedesco (Epistolarum, III, 698, n. 7 in Mon. Germ. hist.) al 690-710 e, il Kehr. (o. e, VII, 1, p. 305) credè poter raccogliere che in quel tempo la diocesi di Mantova esisteva."
^Kehr, Italia pontificia VII. 1, pp. 307-308: "Primus quidem episcopus Mantuanus, cuius memoria sine omni dubio certa est, Laiulfus concilio Mantuano a. 827 celebrate interfuit."
^Kehr, Italia pontificia VII. 1, p. 308.
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