Church province of Catania

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Basic data
Country	Italy
Church region	Sicily
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Catania
Suffragan dioceses	Acireale Caltagirone
Metropolitan	Salvatore Gristina
surface	3,548 km²
Parishes	323 ( AP2008 )
Residents	1,083,488 ( AP2008 )
Catholics	1,068,607 ( AP2008 )
proportion of	98.6%
Diocesan priest	462 ( AP2008 )
Religious priest	188 ( AP2008 )
Catholics per priest	1,644
Permanent deacons	51 ( AP2008 )
Friars	238 ( AP2008 )
Religious sisters	1,020 ( AP2008 )
Church region

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

geography

The ecclesiastical province extends over the Sicilian metropolitan city of Catania .

structure

The following dioceses belong to the ecclesiastical province:

• Archdiocese of Catania
  • Diocese of Acireale
  • Diocese of Caltagirone

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Italy