Roman Catholic Diocese of Piazza Armerina

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Diocese of Piazza Armerina

Dioecesis Platiensis
Piazza Armerina duomo.jpg
Cathedral in Piazza Armerina
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Agrigento
Statistics
Area2,003 km2 (773 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
224,000 (est.)
216,000 (est.) (96.4%)
Parishes75
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established3 July 1817 (206 years ago)
CathedralCattedrale 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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History

The diocese of Piazza Armerina was taken from the diocese of Catania, and was created in 1817. It was then a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siracusa. Its first bishop was Girolamo Aprile e Benzo. [2] In 2013 in the diocese of Piazza Armerina there was one priest for every 1,588 Catholics.

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References

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