Diocese of Acireale
Diocese of Acireale | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Sicily |
Ecclesiastical province | Catania |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Catania |
Diocesan bishop | Antonino Raspanti |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Pio Vittorio Vigo |
founding | 1844 |
surface | 665 km² |
Vicariates | 6 (12/15/2008) |
Parishes | 112 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
Residents | 231,300 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
Catholics | 227,900 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
proportion of | 98.5% |
Diocesan priest | 135 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
Religious priest | 32 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,365 |
Permanent deacons | 9 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
Friars | 47 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
Religious sisters | 270 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Maria Santissima Annunziata in Acireale |
address | Vescovado, Largo Giovanni XXIII 3, 95024 Acireale (CT), Italia |
Website | www.diocesi.acireale.ct.it |
Ecclesiastical province | |
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The diocese of Acireale ( Latin : Dioecesis Iaciensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Sicily with its seat in Acireale . It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Catania of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catania . Acireale is a "partner bishopric" of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese .
history
The diocese of Acireale was on June 27, 1844 by Pope Gregory XVI. built.
Bishops
- Gerlando Maria Genuardi (June 21, 1872– July 4, 1907)
- Giovanni Battista Arista CO (November 4, 1907– September 27, 1920)
- Salvatore Bella (December 17, 1920 - March 29, 1922)
- Fernando Cento (July 22, 1922– June 24, 1926)
- Evasio Colli (October 30, 1927– May 7, 1932)
- Salvatore Russo (August 13, 1932- April 8, 1964)
- Pasquale Bacile (July 5, 1964– November 30, 1979)
- Giuseppe Malandrino (November 30, 1979– June 19, 1998)
- Salvatore Gristina (January 23, 1999– June 7, 2002)
- Pio Vittorio Vigo (October 15, 2002– July 26, 2011)
- Antonino Raspanti , since July 26, 2011
See also
Web links
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