Archdiocese of Athens (Roman Catholic)
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| Country | Greece |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Sevastianos Rossolatos |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Nikólaos Fóskolos |
| founding | 1975 |
| surface | 46,775 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Residents | 6,285,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics | 101,600 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| proportion of | 1.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (31.12.2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,478 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (31.12.2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Friars | 38 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 50 (31.12.2011 / AP2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Greek |
| cathedral | St. Dionysius Areopagita |
| Website | http://www.cathecclesia.gr |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athens ( Latin Archidioecesis Atheniensis ) is in Greece situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Athens . The Archbishop is also the Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese of Rhodes .
history
Athens is a very old bishopric . Its origins go back to the Crusades . In 1205 a Latin archbishopric was founded, but it was abolished in 1483, after which it was a titular bishopric .
Anton Prokesch von Osten became President of the Church Administration Council of Catholics in Athens in November 1835 and in 1839 the construction of a church in an exposed location in Piraeus began. Although construction of the cathedral had already begun in 1853, the archbishopric was not re-established until July 23, 1875.
The cathedral is dedicated to St. Dionysius Areopagita . The patron saint of the diocese is Paul of Tarsus . There are Catholic churches outside Athens and Piraeus in Patras , Nafplio and Aspra Spitia .
The Archdiocese of Athens is directly subordinate to the Holy See , so it is exempt . It has no suffragan bishoprics .
The archbishopric includes the regions of Attica , Peloponnese , western and central Greece .
See also
Web links
- Description on www.cathecclesia.gr (English)
- Description on www.cathecclesia.gr (Greek)
- Archdiocese of Athens
- Entry on Archdiocese of Athens on catholic-hierarchy.org