Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa

Archdiocese of Siracusa

Archidioecesis Syracusana
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceSiracusa
Statistics
Area1,341 km2 (518 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
297,286
289,162 (97.3%)
Parishes76
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established2nd century
CathedralCattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima
Secular priests103 (diocesan)
37 (Religious Orders)
16 Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopFrancesco Lomanto
Bishops emeritusGiuseppe Costanzo
Salvatore Pappalardo
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese, arcidiocesi.siracusa.it. Accessed 27 February 2024.
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Siracusa

The Archdiocese of Siracusa, also known as Syracuse, (Latin: Archidioecesis Syracusana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It became an archdiocese in 1844.[1][2][3] The current archbishop is Francesco Lomanto.

  1. ^ The Bull In suprema was issued by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 February 1844. Gaetano Moroni, ed. (1854). Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da s. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. LXV. Venice: Tipografia Emiliana. p. 315.
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Siracusa", Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siracusa", GCatholic.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source?]