Diocese of Nicosia
Diocese of Nicosia | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Sicily |
Ecclesiastical province | Messina |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela |
Diocesan bishop | Salvatore Muratore |
Vicar General | Antonino Proto |
founding | 1817 |
surface | 1,457 km² |
Parishes | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 77,296 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 76,750 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 99.3% |
Diocesan priest | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,371 |
Permanent deacons | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | San Nicola di Bari in Nicosia |
address | Palazzo Vescovile, LArgo Duomo 10, 94014 Nicosia (EN), Italia |
Website | diocesinicosia.it |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Nicosia ( Latin Dioecesis Nicosiensis or Dioecesis Herbitensis , Italian Diocesi di Nicosia ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , located in Sicily , with its seat in Nicosia .
It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Messina of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela .
history
The Diocese of Nicosia was established on March 17, 1817 by Pope Pius VII .
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