Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia

Diocese of Brescia Dioecesis Brixiensis
Brescia Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Milan
Statistics
Area	4,538 km2 (1,752 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2015) 1,152,107 960,000 (est.) (83.3%)
Parishes	473
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e Ss. Pietro e Paolo (Duomo Nuovo)
Secular priests	735 (diocesan) 199 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pierantonio Tremolada
Bishops emeritus	Luciano Monari Giulio Sanguineti
Map
Website
diocesi.brescia.it

The Diocese of Brescia (Latin: Dioecesis Brixiensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, in Lombardy (Northwestern Italy).^[1][2]

Its cathedral episcopal see is the 'new' Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e Ss. Pietro e Paolo (Duomo Nuovo) dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to the Apostles Peter and Paolo, in Brescia. The city also has a Co-cathedral: Concattedrale invernale di Santa Maria Assunta, also dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, a Minor basilica: Basilica-Santuario di S. Maria delle Grazie dedicated to Our Lady of Graces, and another World Heritage Site (now not in use): Chiesa di San Salvatore.
The diocese has four more Minor basilicas: Basilica di S. Lorenzo Martire, in Verolanuova; Basilica di S. Maria della Visitazione, in Bagnolo Mella; Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, in Botticino Sera and Basilica Sant’Antonino Martire, in Concesio.