Archdiocese of Lecce Archidioecesis Lyciensis | |
|---|---|
 Lecce Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lecce |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 750 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 296,580 295,280 (99.6%) |
| Parishes | 77 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta |
| Secular priests | 115 (diocesan) 47 (Religious Orders) 35 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Michele Seccia |
| Bishops emeritus | Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesilecce.org | |
The Archdiocese of Lecce (Latin: Archidioecesis Lyciensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, southern Italy. The diocese has existed since the 11th century.[1] On 28 September 1960, in the bull Cum a nobis, Pope John XXIII separated the diocese of Lecce from the ecclesiastical province of Otranto and made it directly subject to the Holy See. In the bull Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae issued on 20 October 1980, Pope John Paul II created the ecclesiastical province of Lecce, with the Archdiocese of Otranto becoming a suffragan diocese.[2][3]
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Lecce (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 7 July 2017. The date of 1057 is actually a floruit date of Bishop Theodorus, as assigned by Ughelli, p. 80, without documentary evidence.
- ^ "Archdiocese of Lecce" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source]