Church province of Syracuse

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Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Syracuse
Suffragan dioceses	Noto Ragusa
Metropolitan	Francesco Lomanto
surface	3,725 km²
Parishes	245 ( AP2008 )
Residents	766.822 ( AP2008 )
Catholics	748.268 ( AP2008 )
proportion of	97.6%
Diocesan priest	311 ( AP2008 )
Religious priest	92 ( AP2008 )
Catholics per priest	1,857
Permanent deacons	33 ( AP2008 )
Friars	121 ( AP2008 )
Religious sisters	663 ( AP2008 )
Church region

The ecclesiastical province of Syracuse is one of the five ecclesiastical provinces of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy .

geography

The ecclesiastical province extends over the Sicilian provinces of Syracuse and Ragusa .

structure

The following dioceses belong to the ecclesiastical province:

• Archdiocese of Syracuse
  • Diocese of Noto
  • Diocese of Ragusa

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Italy