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Diocese of Piazza Armerina Dioecesis Platiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Agrigento |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,003 km2 (773 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 224,000 (est.) 216,000 (est.) (96.4%) |
Parishes | 75 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3 July 1817 (206 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. delle Vittorie |
Secular priests | 102 (diocesan) 34 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rosario Gisana |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.diocesiarmerina.it |
The Diocese of Piazza Armerina (Latin : Dioecesis Platiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento. [1]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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