Archdiocese of Palermo Archidioecesis Panormitana Arcidiocesi di Palermo | |
|---|---|
 Palermo Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Palermo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,366 km2 (527 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 912,800 (est.) 905,700 (est.) (99.2%) |
| Parishes | 178 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di l’Assunzione di Maria |
| Secular priests | 233 (diocesan) 245 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Corrado Lorefice |
| Bishops emeritus | Salvatore De Giorgi Paolo Romeo |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.arcidiocesi.palermo.it | |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo (Latin: Archidioecesis Panormitana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It was founded as the Diocese of Palermo in the first century and raised to the status of archdiocese in the 11th century.[1][2] The archbishop is Corrado Lorefice.
The archdiocese has the following suffragans in the ecclesiastical Province of Palermo:
- ^ "Archdiocese of Palermo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016