Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church
The Archdiocese of Milan (Latin: Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milano, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has long maintained its own Latin liturgical rite, the Ambrosian rite, which is still used in most of its extension. Among its past archbishops the more known are Saint Ambrose, Saint Charles Borromeo and Pope Paul VI.
The Archdiocese of Milan is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Milan which includes the suffragan dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, and Vigevano.
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