Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani

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Diocese of Trapani

Dioecesis Drepanensis

Diocesi di Trapani
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Location
Country Italy
Territory Trapani, Erice, Paceco, Valderice, San Vito Lo Capo, Custonaci, Alcamo, Castellammare del Golfo, Buseto Palizzolo, Calatafimi-Segesta, Favignana
Ecclesiastical province Palermo
Statistics
Area1,089 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
208,084
207,300 (99,6%%)
Parishes87
Information
Rite Latin Rite
EstablishedMay 31, 1844
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr in Trapani
Patron saint Our Lady of Trapani
Secular priests 115
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli
Metropolitan Archbishop Paolo Romeo
Bishops emeritus Francesco Miccichè
Map
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Website
www.diocesi.trapani.it

The Diocese of Trapani (Latin : Dioecesis Drepanensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.

Contents

History

Trapani was subject to the see of Mazzara, from the Norman Conquest until 1844, when the diocese was created. Its first bishop was the Redemptorist Vincenzo M. Marolda. [1]

Ordinaries

Notes

  1. "Fragnelli, the new president of the Episcopal commission for family, youth and life" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Trapani". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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