Archdiocese of Siracusa Archidioecesis Syracusana | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Siracusa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,341 km2 (518 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 297,286 289,162 (97.3%) |
| Parishes | 76 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2nd century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima |
| Secular priests | 103 (diocesan) 37 (Religious Orders) 16 Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Francesco Lomanto |
| Bishops emeritus | Giuseppe Costanzo Salvatore Pappalardo |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese, arcidiocesi.siracusa.it. Accessed 27 February 2024. | |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archdiocese of Siracusa", Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source?]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siracusa", GCatholic.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source?]