Archdiocese of Lecce
Archdiocese of Lecce | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Apulia |
Ecclesiastical province | Lecce |
Diocesan bishop | Michele Seccia |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio |
founding | 1057 |
surface | 750 km² |
Parishes | 77 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 296,580 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 295,280 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 99.6% |
Diocesan priest | 115 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,823 |
Permanent deacons | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 63 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 248 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta |
Website | www.diocesilecce.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli Archdiocese of Otranto Diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce ( lat. : Archidioecesis Lyciensis , ital. : Arcidiocesi di Lecce ) is one in Italy located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Lecce .
history
In 1057 the diocese of Lecce was established and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Benevento as a suffragan . From May 17, 1518 to June 3, 1521, under the episcopate of Antonio Acquaviva d'Aragona, the diocese of Alessano was united with the diocese of Lecce in persona episcopi .
The diocese of Lecce was on September 28, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum a nobis directly subordinate to the Holy See . On October 20, 1980, the diocese of Lecce was raised to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae .
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Lecce (Italian)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Lecce on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum a nobis , AAS 53 (1961), n.7, p. 345f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae , AAS 72 (1980), n.8, pp. 1076f.