Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi

Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi

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Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi
Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet
Coat of arms of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi
Coat of arms
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
30,000
28,500 (95%)
Parishes15[1]
Information
DenominationItalo-Albanian Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established26 October 1937
CathedralCathedral of St Demetrius the Martyr (Piana degli Albanesi)
Co-cathedralSt. Mary of the Admiral (Palermo)
Patron saintDemetrius
Secular priests31[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopsedes vacans
Apostolic AdministratorFrancesco Montenegro
Bishops emeritusErcole Lupinacci,
Sotir Ferrara
Map
Website
eparchiapiana.org
The Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicolas "dei Greci" to Martorana in Palermo.
Episcope and annexed Eparchial Seminary, heir to the destroyed Arbëreshë Seminary of Palermo (1734).

The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italian: Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi; Arbëreshë Albanian: Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[2] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference eccs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church