Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis
Ravenna Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Ravenna-Cervia
Statistics
Area	1,185 km2 (458 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 219,100 (est.) 198,120 (est.)
Parishes	89
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st century
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Ravenna
Co-cathedral	Cathedral of St. Peter, Cervia
Secular priests	64 (diocesan) 21 (Religious Orders) 13 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Lorenzo Ghizzoni
Bishops emeritus	Giuseppe Verucchi
Website
www.ravenna-cervia.chiesacattolica.it

The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (Latin: Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis) is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.^[1]

The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord in Ravenna; the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Cervia is the co-cathedral of the archdiocese.^[2]

The current Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, November 17, 2012, is Lorenzo Ghizzoni.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Archdiocese of Ravenna was a Roman Catholic diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in the 6th century.^[1] Among its famous archbishops are Saint Peter Chrysologus, a Doctor of the Church, and Saint Guido Maria Conforti, who was canonized as a saint in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. The early medieval Ravenna papyri form an important record from the church's chancery between the 5th and 10th century.

The archdiocese 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.