Archdiocese of Izmir
| Archdiocese of Izmir | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Turkey |
| Diocesan bishop | Lorenzo Piretto OP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Giuseppe Germano Bernardini OFMCap Ruggero Franceschini OFMCap |
| Vicar General | Francesco de Luca OFM |
| founding | 1818 |
| Parishes | 11 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Residents | 205,830 ( 1950 ) |
| Catholics | 6,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| proportion of | 6.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 462 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Friars | 13 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (31.12.2011 / AP2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Turkish |
| cathedral | St. John's Cathedral |
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The Archdiocese of Izmir ( Latin Archidioecesis smyrnensis ) is in Turkey situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Izmir .
history
Izmir became a bishopric very early on. With Polycarp of Smyrna a bishop is attested in the 2nd century. He was subordinate to the Archbishop of Ephesus. From the 9th century, Smyrna formed its own ecclesiastical province. The Latin Archdiocese of Smyrna was canonically in 1346 by Pope Clement VI. built. In 1575 the archbishopric was dissolved and a titular bishopric was created. In 1625 the Apostolic Vicariate of Smyrna was founded. The Archdiocese of Izmir was founded on March 18, 1818 with the bull Apostolatus officium of Pius VII and is a metropolitan diocese without suffragan dioceses .
Archbishops
- Guillelmus Adae (1318)
- Luigi Maria Cardelli OFM (1818-1832)
- Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie SSCC (1835–1837)
- Antonio Mussabini (March 6, 1838–)
- Vincent Spaccapietra CM (1862–1878)
- Andrea Policarpo Timoni (1879–1904)
- Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo OP (1904–1909)
- Giuseppe Antonio Zucchetti OFMCap (1909–1920)
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Giovanno Battista Federico Vallega (1921-1929)
- Giovanni Battista Dellepiane (1929–1930) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Eduardo Tonna (1929–1937)
- Joseph Descuffi CM (1937-1965)
- Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger OFMCap (1965–1966)
- Giovanni Enrico Boccella TOR (1967–1978)
- Domenico Caloyera OP (1978-22 January 1983)
- Giuseppe Germano Bernardini OFMCap (1983-2004)
- Ruggero Franceschini OFMCap (2004–2015)
- Lorenzo Piretto OP (since 2015)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 1,700 | 205.830 | 0.8 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 130 | 8th | |||
| 1969 | 2,850 | 15th | 15th | 190 | 17th | 17th | 10 | ||||
| 1980 | 1,909 | 757.854 | 0.02 | 10 | 10 | 190 | 13 | 12 | 10 | ||
| 1990 | 1,302 | 8th | 8th | 162 | 14th | 12 | 10 | ||||
| 1999 | 1,300 | 9 | 1 | 8th | 144 | 11 | 10 | 7th | |||
| 2001 | 1,350 | 9 | 2 | 7th | 150 | 10 | 8th | 7th | |||
| 2002 | 1,300 | 8th | 8th | 162 | 11 | 7th | 7th | ||||
| 2003 | 1,350 | 9 | 1 | 8th | 150 | 11 | 7th | 7th | |||
| 2004 | 1,350 | 11 | 11 | 122 | 14th | 8th | 7th | ||||
| 2006 | 1,950 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 150 | 1 | 19th | 12 | 10 | ||
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Izmir on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
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