Roman Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

The Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello is a Latin suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany. The diocese of Sovana had originally been directly dependent upon the Holy See, and its bishops attended the pope's synods. When Pope Pius II, who was a Piccolomini of Siena, created the metropolitan archdiocese of Siena, he made Sovana one of its suffragan dioceses. The bishops of Sovana usually resided in the former palace of the Orsini in Pitigliano, which was given to Bishop Francesco Pio Santi by the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
The bishop has his seat in the Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, in Pitigliano, a part of the province of Grosseto; the municipality of Sovana in Toscana also has a Co-Cathedral named in honor of saint Peter. Orbetello has the Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta , dedicated to the Assumption and St. Biagio.

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