Church province of Agrigento

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Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Agrigento
Suffragan dioceses	Caltanissetta Piazza Armerina
Metropolitan	Carmelo Ferraro
surface	6,164 km²
Parishes	323 ( AP2008 )
Residents	844.787 ( AP2008 )
Catholics	832.160 ( AP2008 )
proportion of	98.5%
Diocesan priest	433 ( AP2008 )
Religious priest	97 ( AP2008 )
Catholics per priest	1,570
Permanent deacons	50 ( AP2008 )
Friars	117 ( AP2008 )
Religious sisters	697 ( AP2008 )
Church region

The ecclesiastical province of Agrigento is one of the five ecclesiastical provinces of the ecclesiastical region of Sicily of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy .

geography

The territory of the ecclesiastical province of Agrigento extends over the Sicilian Free Parish Consortia Agrigento , Caltanissetta and parts of Enna .

structure

The following dioceses belong to the ecclesiastical province of Agrigento:

• Archdiocese of Agrigento
  • Diocese of Caltanissetta
  • Diocese of Piazza Armerina

history

The ecclesiastical province of Agrigento was established on December 2, 2000, when the ecclesiastical province of Monreale was abolished and the diocese of Agrigento became an archbishopric.

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Italy