Roman Catholic Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo

The diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Liguria

Liguria

Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...

, northern Italy

Italy

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. The name of the historic diocese of Ventimiglia was changed in 1975. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Genoa.

History

It is probable that Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia is a city and comune in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts...

had a bishop from the fifth century; the first known is Joannes (680). Among his successors were:

Cardinal Antonio Pallavicino (1484) and Alessandro Fregoso, both more distinguished as warriors than as clerics;
Filippo de'Mari (1519), who restored ecclesiastical discipline;
Carlo Visconti (1561), later a cardinal;
Carlo Grimaldo (1565), who distinguished himself at the Council of Trent
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was the 16th-century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered to be one of the Church's most important councils. It convened in Trent between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods...

;
Girolamo Curlo (1614), who died by poison in Corsica
Corsica
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, where he had been sent as Commissary Apostolic
Commissary Apostolic
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:
Gianfrancesco Gandolfi (1622), who negotiated the peace between Savoy and Genoa;
Antonio Maria Bacigaluppi (1773).
Bl. Tommaso Reggio
Tommaso Reggio
Tommaso Reggio was the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Genoa, Italy. On September 3, 2000, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II....

(1877)

The diocese has been suffragan to Genoa since 1775.

Parishes

Of the 99 parishes, all but two are in the Province of Imperia

Province of Imperia

The Province of Imperia is a mountainous and hilly province, in the Liguria region of Italy, situated between the Maritime Alps to the north and the Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea to the south...

, Liguria

Liguria

. The others are in the Province of Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

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in Piedmont

Piedmont

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Province of Imperia

Airole

Airole is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about 130 km southwest of Genoa and about 40 km west of Imperia, on the border with France...

S. Clemente

Santi Filippo e Giacomo

Apricale

Apricale is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km northwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia....

Purificazione di Maria Vergine

Badalucco

Badalucco is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,254 and an area of 15.8 km².Badalucco borders the following municipalities:...

S. Maria Assunta e S.Giorgio

SS. Vergine del Rosario

Bajardo

Bajardo , is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria. At the start of 2008 it had 306 inhabitants: less than a fifth of those counted in 1911...

S. Nicolò da Bari

Bordighera

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Immacolata Concezione

S. Maria Maddalena

S. Nicolò da Bari

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Camporosso

Camporosso is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 160 km southwest of Genoa and about 45 km west of Imperia...

S. Marco Evangelista

SS. Trinità (Trinità)

Carpasio

Carpasio is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km northwest of Imperia...

S. Antonino

Castel Vittorio

S. Stefano Protomartire

Castellaro

Castellaro is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 14 km west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of 8.7 km².Castellaro borders the following municipalities:...

S. Pietro in Vincoli

Ceriana

Ceriana is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 110 km southwest of Genoa and about 20 km west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,262 and an area of ....

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Cipressa

Cipressa is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 9 km southwest of Imperia...

Natività di Maria Vergine

Nostra Signora degli Angeli

Visitazione di Maria Santissima

Costarainera

Costarainera is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 9 km southwest of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 775 and an area of 2.4 km².Costarainera borders the following...

S. Antonio Abate

Dolceacqua

Dolceacqua is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 35 km west of Imperia, on the border with France...

S. Antonio Abate

Isolabona

Isolabona is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia...

S. Maria Maddalena

Mendatica

Mendatica is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km northwest of Imperia...

S. Giacomo Maggiore

Molini di Triora

Molini di Triora is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 25 km northwest of Imperia...

Natività di Maria Santissima

Natività di Maria Vergine

Nostra Signora della Misericordia

S. Carlo Borromeo

S. Giacomo Apostolo

S. Lorenzo Martire

S. Vincenzo Ferreri

Santi Faustino e Giovita

Montalto Ligure

Montalto Ligure is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 364 and an area of 13.9 km².Montalto Ligure borders the following...

Santi Giovanni Battista e Giorgio

Olivetta San Michele

Olivetta San Michele is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 130 km southwest of Genoa and about 40 km west of Imperia, on the border with France...

S. Antonio Da Padova

Santi Angeli Custodi

Ospedaletti

Ospedaletti is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 25 km southwest of Imperia...

S. Giovanni Battista

Perinaldo

Perinaldo is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia....

S. Nicolò di Bari

Pietrabruna

Pietrabruna is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 11 km west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 568 and an area of 9.9 km².Pietrabruna borders the following municipalities:...

S. Bernardo

Santi Cosma e Damiano

Pigna

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S. Giovanni Battista

S. Michele Arcangelo

Pompeiana

Pompeiana is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, situated about 110 km southwest of Genoa and about 13 km southwest of Imperia...

Nostra Signora Assunta

Riva Ligure

Riva Ligure is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 110 km southwest of Genoa and about 13 km southwest of Imperia...

S. Maurizio Martire

Rocchetta Nervina

Rocchetta Nervina is a comune in the province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 35 km west of Imperia, on the border with France...

S. Stefano Protomartire

San Biagio della Cima

San Biagio della Cima is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia...

Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano

San Lorenzo al Mare

San Lorenzo al Mare is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 10 km west of Imperia...

S. Maria Maddalena

Sanremo

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Annunciazione (Borgo)

Natività di Maria Vergine

Nostra Signora del Rosario (Baragallo)

Nostra Signora della Mercede (S.Martino)

Nostra Signora della Misericordia (Marina)

S. Antonio

S. Bartolomeo

S. Donato

S. Giuseppe

S. Lorenzo Martire (Solaro)

S. Maria degli Angeli

S. Pietro Apostolo

S. Rocco

S. Romolo Vescovo

S. Siro nella Concattedrale

Sacro Cuore di Gesù (Bussana)

S. Sebastiano (Coldirodi)

S. Margherita (Poggio di Sanremo

Poggio di Sanremo

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S. Giacomo Apostolo (San Giacomo)

Santo Stefano al Mare

Santo Stefano al Mare is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 9 km southwest of Imperia...

S. Stefano Protomartire

Seborga

The Principality of Seborga is a micronation located in the northwestern Italian Province of Imperia in Liguria, near the French border, and in sight of Monaco....

S. Martino Vescovo

Soldano

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S. Giovanni Battista

Taggia

Taggia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 110 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Imperia. It has c...

Santi Apostoli Giacomo e Filippo

Santi Francesco Saverio e Paola Romana Levà (Arma di Taggia)

Santi Giuseppe e Antonio (Arma di Taggia)

Terzorio

Terzorio is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 100 km southwest of Genoa and about 11 km southwest of Imperia...

Natività di S. Giovanni Battista

Triora

Triora is an elite member of I Borghi Piú Belli d'Italia, a list of the top 100 most beautiful medieval citadels in Italy. It is also a member of Touring Club Italia Bandiere Arancioni, a similarly prestigious club which lists the best places for tourists to enjoy...

Natività di Maria Santissima

Nostra Signora Assunta

Nostra Signora del Carmelo

Nostra Signora del Rosario

SS. Nome di Maria

Vallebona

Vallebona is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia...

S. Lorenzo Martire

Vallecrosia

Vallecrosia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km west of Imperia. It is next to the busy city of Ventimiglia...

Maria Ausiliatrice

S. Rocco

S. Antonio Abate (Vallecrosia Alta)

Ventimiglia

Addolorata e S.Luigi

Cattedrale Nostra Signora Assunta

Cristo Re

Natività di Maria SS.

Nostra Signora di Lourdes e S.Lorenzo

S. Agostino

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Michele Arcangelo

S. Nicola Da Tolentino

S. Pancrazio

S. Secondo

S. Teresa d’Avila

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Natività di Maria SS.Ma (Grimaldi di Ventimiglia)

Santi Angeli Custodi (Grimaldi di Ventimiglia)

S. Mauro (La Mortola Inferiore)

S. Bartolomeo (Latte)

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