Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki

Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki

Apostolicus Vicariatus Thessalonicensis

Αποστολικό Βικαριάτο Θεσσαλονίκης
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Thessaloniki
Coat of arms of Bishop Georgios Altouvas [fr]
Location
CountryGreece
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area57,550 km2 (22,220 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
3,574,000
8,100 (0.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established18 March 1926
CathedralImmaculate Conception Cathedral, Thessaloniki
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede Vacante

The Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Thessalonicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in northern continental Greece.

It is exempt to the Holy See and is not part of any ecclesiastical province, and remains vacant under apostolic administrators since its only proper apostolic vicar, Alessandro Guidati, was promoted Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in 1929.

Its cathedra is within the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Thessaloniki.[1]

  1. ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Thessalonica: Churches and Chapels". Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2017-07-13.