Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Diocese of Pavia (Latin: Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Venice and three cardinals.The diocese’s motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cattedrale di Maria Assunta e S. Stefano Protomartire. The current Bishop of Pavia is Giovanni Giudici appointed by Pope John Paul II on 1 December 2003.
