Archdiocese of Ancona–Osimo

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Archdiocese of Ancona–Osimo

Overview
The Archdiocese of Ancona–Osimo is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in the Marche region of central Italy. It is the metropolitan see of its church province. The archbishop’s main church is the Cathedral of Ancona (Basilica Cattedrale di S. Ciriaco); Osimo Cathedral (Basilica Concattedrale di S. Leopardo) serves as the co-cathedral.

History (in brief)
- The archdiocese has ancient roots. In 1422, Pope Martin V joined the Diocese of Ancona with the Diocese of Numana; Numana was later suppressed.
- In 1904, Ancona-Numana was raised to an archbishopric, without suffragan dioceses in its territory.
- In 1972, Pope Paul VI created the Ecclesiastical Province of Ancona, giving the archbishop metropolitan status with suffragans Jesi and Osimo.
- On 30 September 1986, Osimo was united with Ancona to form Archidioecesis Anconitana-Auximana. The seat remained in Ancona; Osimo became a co-cathedral. There would be one diocesan curia, one seminary, one ecclesiastical tribunal; all clergy were-incardinated in the new archdiocese.

Current leadership
- 1989–1991: Dionigi Tettamanzi
- 1991–2004: Franco Festorazzi
- 2004–2017: Edoardo Menichelli
- 2017–present: Angelo Spina

Geography and people
- Area: about 500 square kilometers
- Catholics: about 221,764 (as of 2018), roughly 93.7% of the local population
- Parishes: 72

See also
- Diocese of Osimo; other Marche sees

Website
- diocesi.ancona.it