Archdiocese of Agrigento Archidioecesis Agrigentina | |
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 Agrigento Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Agrigento |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,041 km2 (1,174 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 448,830 (est.) 428,670 (est.) (95.5%) |
| Parishes | 194 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Gerlando |
| Secular priests | 228 (diocesan) 41 (Religious Orders) 44 Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Alessandro Damiano |
| Vicar General | Giuseppe Cumbo |
| Bishops emeritus | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesiag.it | |
The Archdiocese of Agrigento (Latin: Archidioecesis Agrigentina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy.[1][2][3] The historic diocese of Agrigento was also known as the Diocese of Girgenti, and Diocese of Agrigentum. It used to be a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monreale. A metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Agrigento has two suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
- ^ John Paul II, Constitution ad maiori consulendum, 2 December 2000; retrieved: 2017-03-28.
- ^ Archdiocese of Agrigento Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 4, 2016[self-published source]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved April 4, 2016