Roman Catholic Diocese of Ragusa, Sicily

Diocese of Ragusa

*Dioecesis Ragusiensis*
Diocese of Ragusa; Dioecesis Ragusiensis
	Ragusa Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Siracusa
Statistics
Area	1,029 km2 (397 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 222,756; 214,913 (96.5%)
Parishes	71
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 October 1955
Cathedral	Cattedrale di San Giovanni
Secular priests	102 (diocesan); 27 (Religious Orders); 8 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Giuseppe La Placa
Map
Website
	www.diocesidiragusa.it

The Diocese of Ragusa (Latin: Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It was erected in 1950. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siracusa.

When created on 6 May 1950 from territory drawn from the Archdiocese of Siracusa, it remained tied to that archdiocese in the person of Archbishop Ettore Baranzini, who held the title Bishop of Ragusa as well.^[1] The Diocese of Ragusa was fully detached from that archdiocese on 1 October 1955.^[2]

Ordinaries

Ettore Baranzini (6 May 1950^[1] – 1 October 1955)^[2]
Francesco Pennisi (1 October 1955^[2] – 2 February 1974 Retired)
Angelo Rizzo (2 February 1974 – 16 February 2002 Retired)
Paolo Urso (16 February 2002 – 1 October 2015)^[3]
Carmelo Cuttitta^[a] (1 October 2015^[3] – 28 December 2020)
Giuseppe La Placa (8 May 2021 – present)

Notes

^ Cuttitta was born in Godrano in 1962. He is a Bachelor of theology. From 1990 to 1996 he was the Private Secretary of the Archbishop of Palermo, Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, and from 2002 to 2007 a member of the College of Consultors of the diocese of Palermo. On 28 May 2007 he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLII. 1950. pp. 623–5, 828, 871. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLVII. 1955. pp. 851–2, 856. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e nomine, 07.10.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "Biografia". Diocesi di Ragusa (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2020.