Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa

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Archdiocese of Pisa

Archidioecesis Pisana
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Pisa Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Pisa
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
310.333
305.270 (98.4%)
Information
Established 4th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Giovanni Paolo Benotto
Map
File:Italy Tuscany Diocese map Pisa.svg
Website
www.diocesidipisa.it

The Archdiocese of Pisa (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisana) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was founded in the 4th century and elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 21 April 1092, by Pope Urban II. Its mother church is the Cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo. Since 2008 the Archbishop of Pisa has been Giovanni Paolo Benotto.

From the late eleventh to the early thirteenth century, the Pisan archdiocese was the feudal suzerain of the four giudicati of Sardinia.

In 1092 Pope Urban II gave the archbishop of Pisa the title of Primate of Corsica and Sardinia. The title is nowadays honorary for historical reasons.

List of Archbishops and Bishops of Pisa (incomplete)

Notes

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