Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo
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The Diocese of Gozo (Latin: Dioecesis Goulos-Gaudisiensis)[1] is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Malta, and the only suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malta, together covering the insular state.
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Diocese of Gozo Dioecesis Gaudisiensis Djoċesi ta' Għawdex | |
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Location | |
Country | Malta Gozo |
Territory | Gozo and Comino |
Ecclesiastical province | Malta |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Malta |
Statistics | |
Area | 67 km2 (26 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 34,430 32,954 (95.7%) |
Parishes | 15 |
Churches | 48 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 22 September 1864 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption |
Patron saint | Saint George Saint Ursula |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Anton Teuma |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Charles Scicluna |
Vicar General | Tarcisio Camilleri |
Judicial Vicar | Joe Zammit |
Bishops emeritus | Mario Cardinal Grech |
Map | |
The Diocese of Gozo marked in red. | |
Website | |
gozodiocese.org |
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The diocese comprises the island of Gozo (seventeen miles west of the Maltese capital Valletta) and the islet of Comino.[2]