Archdiocese of Lecce

Archdiocese of Lecce
Basic data
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

Development of membership numbers

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

• List of Archbishops of Lecce
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Italy

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Lecce  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Archdiocese of Lecce (Italian)
• Entry on the Archdiocese of Lecce on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum a nobis , AAS 53 (1961), n.7, p. 345f.
2. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae , AAS 72 (1980), n.8, pp. 1076f.

Cathedral in Lecce

Archbishop's Palace in Lecce