Roman Catholic Diocese Of Massa Marittima-Piombino
The Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino (Latin: Dioecesis Massana-Plumbinensis) is a Roman Catholic eccleasistical territory in central Italy, known as Diocese of Massa Marittima before 1978. It is a historic church territory in Tuscany, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena.
The diocese has an area of 1,200 square kilometres, an overall population of 126,931, a Catholic population of 125,000, 60 priests, 4 permanent deacons, and 82 religious, and the present bishop, appointed on 15 December 2010, is Carlo Ciattini.
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