Archdiocese of Monreale

Archdiocese of Monreale
Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Ecclesiastical province	Palermo
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Palermo
Diocesan bishop	Michele Pennisi
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Salvatore Di Cristina
Vicar General	Antonino Dolce
founding	1174
surface	1,509 km²
Parishes	70 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	262.906 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	259,615 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	98.7%
Diocesan priest	101 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	30 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	1,982
Permanent deacons	13 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	33 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	150 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Italian
cathedral	Santa Maria La Nova in Monreale
address	Palazzo Arcivescovile, Via Arcivescovado 8, 90046 Monreale (PA), Italia
Website	Archdiocese of Monreale
Ecclesiastical province

The Archdiocese of Monreale ( Latin : Archidioecesis Montis Regalis , Italian : Arcidiocesi di Monreale ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , located in Sicily .

It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Palermo in the ecclesiastical region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo .

history

The Archdiocese of Monreale was founded in 1183 by Pope Lucius III. at the instigation of King Wilhelm II and his Vice Chancellor Matheus as a political counterweight to the Archdiocese of Palermo , whose bishop was elected by the cathedral chapter according to old law and not determined by the king. The basis was the S. Maria Nuova monastery founded by Wilhelm II in 1176.

By December 2, 2000, there was metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Monreale that of John Paul II. By the Apostolic Constitution Ad maiori consulendum was dissolved. The Archdiocese of Monreale then became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo, but retained its status as an Archdiocese.

See also

• List of the Archbishops of Monreale
• Monreale Cathedral

Web links

• Official website (Italian)
• Archdiocese of Monreale and map of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily on the official website of the Catholic Church of Italy (Italian)
• Entry on the Archdiocese of Monreale on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad maiori consulendum , AAS 93 (2001), n.3, p. 128f.

Santa Maria La Nova Cathedral