Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati Archidioecesis Rossanensis-Cariatensis Arcidiocesi di Rossano-Cariati | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Cosenza-Bisignano |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,415 km2 (546 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 137,500 135,000 (98.2%) |
Parishes | 53 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 597 |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Achiropita (Rossano) |
Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo (Cariati) |
Patron saints | Maria Achiropita Nilo da Rossano Leonardo Abate Cataldo Vescovo[1] |
Secular priests | 67[2] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Maurizio Aloise |
Map | |
Website | |
rossanocariati.it |
The Archdiocese of Rossano–Cariati (Latin: Archidioecesis Rossanensis-Cariatensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria that has existed since 597, beginning as the Diocese of Rossano. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano.[2][1]