Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Diocese of Mantua (Latin: Dioecesis Mantuana) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected in 804 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Constantinople and two cardinals.The diocese’s motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cathedral of S. Pietro Apostolo; Mantova also contains the Basilica of S. Andrea. The last Bishop of Mantova was Egidio Caporello appointed by Pope John Paul II on June 28 1986.
