Pope Benedict XVI appointed Lorenzo Ghizzoni [it] as the metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese on 17 November 2012, in succession to Giuseppe Verucchi.[4] Ghizzoni continues as the incumbent archbishop as of March 2024[update][2]
The archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia was created in 1947 through the merger of the Archdiocese of Ravenna and the Diocese of Cervia.[1] The archdiocese in 2014 had one priest for every 1,830 Catholics.
^ a b"Concattedrale di Cervia – S. Maria Assunta". Arcidiocesi di Ravenna-Cervia (in Italian). 16 October 2023.
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Cocchi, Alessandra. "Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta a Cervia". Geometrie fluide (in Italian).
"Diocesi di Cervia Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta". BEWEB: bene ecclesiastici in WEB (in Italian). 30 June 2017.
^Holy See Press Office (17 November 2012). "Rinunce e Nomine: Rinuncia Dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Ravenna-Cervia (Italia) e Nomina del Succssore" [Resignations and Appointments: Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (Italy) and Appointment of the Successor] (Press release) (in Italian). Vatican.
Further reading
Agnellus, Andreas (1708); Bacchini, Benedetto (ed.) Agnelli Liber Pontificalis, sive; Vitæ Pontificum Ravennatum Mutinæ: Typis Antonii Capponii ..., MDCCVIII. (in Latin)
Later editions 1723; in Patrologia Latina; and 2006
Pallotti, Riccardo (2015). "L'antipapa Clemente III e il governo dell'Esarcato tra Impero, Papato e signorie comitali." In: Ravenna Studi e Ricerche, XXII (2015), fasc. 1 (gennaio-dicembre), pp. 155-198. (in Italian)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Ravenna". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.