Roman Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza

Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza Dioecesis Montis Politiani-Clusina-Pientina
Montepulciano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Statistics
Area	1,068 km2 (412 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 73,100 70,100 (95.9%)
Parishes	46
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 November 1561
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Montepulciano)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Secondiano (Chius) Concattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta (Pienza)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Stefano Manetti
Map
Website
www.montepulcianochiusipienza.it

Co-cathedral in Chiusi (left) Co-cathedral in Pienza (right)

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Politiani-Clusina-Pientina), in Tuscany, has existed in the current form since 1986. In that year the diocese of Chiusi-Pienza was united into the historical Diocese of Montepulciano. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.^[1]

On March 25, 2000, Rodolfo Cetoloni was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiusi-Pienza-Montepulciano by the Pope John Paul II, receiving episcopal ordination on May 20, 2000. On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Cetoloni as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grosseto.^[2][3]

History

Montepulciano belonged originally to the diocese of Arezzo, and had a collegiate church, whose archpriest became a mitred abbot in 1400; in 1480 it became a prælatura nullius, and in 1561 was made an episcopal see.

Its first bishop was Spinello Benci (1562); among the others were:

• Talento de' Talenti (1640), a savant;
• Antonio Cervini (1663);
• Pietro Francesi (1737) opposed the novelties of the Council of Florence in 1787;
• Pellegrino Maria Carletti (1802), author of several works and of eighteen letters on the National Council of Paris of 1810, which he attended.^[4]

Notes

1. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ↑ http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/05/28/news/31071.html
3. ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/01/31/0074/00153.html
4. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 43°06′00″N 11°47′00″E / 43.1000°N 11.7833°E / 43.1000; 11.7833