Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro

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Eparchy of Lungro

Eparchia Lungrensis

Eparchia di Lungro
Eparhia e Ungrës
La Cattedrale di Lungro costruita nel 1721.jpeg
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical province Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Coordinates 39°45′0″N16°7′12″E / 39.75000°N 16.12000°E / 39.75000; 16.12000
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
33,000 [1]
32,900 [1]  (98.8 [1] %)
Parishes29 [1]
Information
Denomination Italo-Albanian Catholic Church [2]
Rite Byzantine Rite [3]
Established13 February 1919 [3]
CathedralSt Nicholas Cathedral, Lungro [4]
Patron saint Saint Nicholas [3]
Secular priests 41 [2]
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Donato Oliverio [3]
Bishops emeritus Ercole Lupinacci [5]
Map
Roman Catholic Eparchy of Lungro in Italy.svg
Website
eparchialungro.it

The Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungrës) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, [6] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite in Calabria, Italy.

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History

It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, [1] the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily and Calabria. [7]

The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano. [3]

Population census
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 32,500—    
2000 32,800+0.09%
2005 32,965+0.10%
2009 32,900−0.05%
2010 32,900+0.00%
Source: CNEWA [2]

Ordinaries of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese Catholic Church

Bishops of Lungro

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Roberson, Ronald G. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010" (PDF). Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. GCatholic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Mira". Churches. Giga Catholic Information. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  5. ↑ David M., Cheney. "Bishop Ercole Lupinacci". All Bishops. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
  7. ↑ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Italo-Greeks"  . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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