Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Kefalonia

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Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Kefalonia
Basic data
Country Greece
Diocesan bishop Ioánnis Spitéris OFMCap
Vicar General Nikólaos Roussos
surface 12,000 km²
Parishes 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Residents 1,200,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Catholics 3,800 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
proportion of 0.3%
Diocesan priest 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
Religious priest 2 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Catholics per priest 760
Friars 2 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Religious sisters 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Greek
cathedral Cathedral of St. James and Christopher
Website http://www.catholic-church-corfu.org
Cathedral of St. James and Christopher in Corfu

The Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Kefalonia ( Latin Archidioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Greece . The bishopric is in Corfu City . It includes the islands of Corfu , Kefalonia and Zakynthos and the southern Epirus .

history

The diocese was founded in 1310 by Charles of Anjou . The dioceses of Kefalonia and Zakinthos were once the suffragans of Corfu. The diocese of Kefalonia and Zakinthos were incorporated into the archdiocese with the Breve Cum ex Apostolico in 1919 , so that today Corfu has no suffragan seats . With the Breve Quae rei sacrae on March 10, 1926, the Greek-populated northern Epirus was acquired by the Archdiocese of Durazzo .

On the one hand, the Catholics on Corfu and the other Ionian Islands descend from the Venetians , who ruled here for centuries. On the other hand, there are descendants of Maltese workers who the English colonial power brought to Corfu in the first half of the 19th century. Today there are still some immigrants from various European countries.

The Cathedral of St. James and Christopher is located on the Platia Dimarchiou (Town Hall Square) in Corfu Town. It was built by the Venetians in the 17th century, partially destroyed by air raids in 1943, only rebuilt in the 1960s and consecrated again in 1970 .

The patron saint of the archdiocese is St. Spyridon .

There is one more Catholic church building each on Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, in Preveza and Ioannina .

The archbishopric today includes the Epirus region and the Ionian Islands region with Corfu, Lefkada , Kefalonia, Ithaca and Zakynthos.

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan
priest 		Religious
priest 		Catholics per priest male Female
1950 3,800 220,000 1.7 8th 5 3 475 3 10 4th
1970 2,700 1,200,000 0.2 8th 5 3 337 3 7th 6th
1980 2,700 1,278,000 0.2 7th 3 4th 385 4th 10 7th
1990 3,000 1,200,000 0.3 6th 2 4th 500 4th 10 6th
1999 3,800 1,288,000 0.3 8th 4th 4th 475 4th 8th 6th
2000 3,800 1,200,000 0.3 8th 4th 4th 475 4th 8th 6th
2001 3,800 1,200,000 0.3 7th 4th 3 542 3 9 6th
2002 3,800 1,200,000 0.3 7th 4th 3 542 3 9 6th
2003 3,800 1,200,000 0.3 7th 4th 3 542 4th 9 6th
2004 3,800 1,200,000 0.3 7th 4th 3 542 3 9 6th
2006 3,800 1,200,000 0.3 7th 4th 3 542 3 8th 3

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