Archdiocese of Syracuse

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Archdiocese of Syracuse
Map of the Archdiocese of Syracuse
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Sicily
Ecclesiastical province Syracuse
Diocesan bishop Francesco Lomanto (appointed)
Emeritus diocesan bishop Giuseppe Costanzo
Salvatore Pappalardo
surface 1,341 km²
Vicariates 4 (12/15/2008)
Parishes 76 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 297,313 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 290.215 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 97.6%
Diocesan priest 111 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 24 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 2,150
Permanent deacons 37 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 29 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 136 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral Santa Maria delle Colonne in Syracuse
address Arcivescovado, Piazza Duomo 5, 96100 Siracusa, Italia
Website on webdiocesi
Suffragan dioceses Noto
Ragusa
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Syracuse
Development of membership numbers

The Archdiocese of Syracuse ( Latin : Archidioecesis Syracusanus ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , located in Sicily .

It is the Metropolitan Diocese of the Church of Syracuse in the church region of Sicily , its suffragan dioceses are the Diocese of Noto and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ragusa .

history

The diocese of Syracuse traces its origins back to the 2nd century AD, became a metropolis in Byzantine times, but perished during the Arab domination .

Under the rule of the Normans , the original Byzantine diocese was re-established as a Latin diocese in 1093 by Roger I and Pope Urban II . In 1188 it became a suffragan of the recently established Archdiocese of Monreale . The dioceses of Caltagirone , Piazza Armerina and Noto were established in the 19th century from parts of its territory, which extended over the entire south-east of Sicily .

On May 18, 1844, Pope Gregory XVI raised the diocese to the archbishopric and metropolitan seat . As a suffragan diocese it received the dioceses of Caltagirone, Piazza Armerina and Noto. In 1955 the Diocese of Ragusa was added, which in 1950 had also been established from part of the Archdiocese of Syracuse.

In the construction of two new ecclesiastical provinces by John Paul II. On December 2, 2000, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltagirone by was Apostolic Constitution Ad maiori consulendum the ecclesiastical province of Catania assigned and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Piazza Armerina of the ecclesiastical province of Agrigento , so that in the church Syracuse only the dioceses Noto and Ragusa remained as suffragan dioceses.

See also

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Syracuse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad maiori consulendum , AAS 93 (2001), n.3, p. 128f.
Cathedral (center) and Archbishop's Palace (right) in Syracuse