Diocese of Chios
| Diocese of Chios | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Greece |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Naxos-Tinos |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Nikolaos Printesis |
| Vicar General | Nikólaos Psaltis |
| surface | 4,116 km² |
| Parishes | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 200,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 450 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Greek |
| address | Iustiniani 4 82100 Chios Hellas |
The Diocese of Chios ( lat. : Dioecesis Chiensis ) is one in Greece located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
It was founded in 1400 and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Naxos-Tinos.
Covering an area of 4,116 km², it covers the administrative regions of the North Aegean with the East Aegean Islands ( Lesbos , Chios with Psara ; Samos and Ikaria with Fourni and Thymena ) and the North Aegean island of Limnos .
Today the diocese has no clergy and is co-administered by the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Naxos-Tinos , who is also the Apostolic Administrator of Chios.
The cathedral is dedicated to St. Nicholas , who is also the patron of the diocese.
There is still a Catholic church on Lesbos and Samos.
See also
Web links
- Description on www.cathecclesia.gr ( Memento from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Description on www.cathecclesia.gr ( Memento from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Greek)
- The Greek dioceses ( Memento of January 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Greek)
- Entry for the Diocese of Chios on catholic-hierarchy.org