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Archdiocese of Catania

Archidioecesis Catanensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Luigi Renna, Archbishop
  • Salvatore Gristina, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 4 September 1859
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,333 (514 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesi.catania.it/
  • Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Vittorio Emanuele 159, 95131 Catania, Italia
  • Telephone: 095.71.59.062; 095.25.04.311
  • Fax: 095.25.04.358

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Catania
1st CenturyErectedDiocese of Catania (erected)
12 September 1816Territory LostDiocese of Catania
Archdiocese of Messina
Diocese of Caltagirone (erected)
17 March 1817Territory LostDiocese of Catania Diocese of Nicosia (erected)
3 July 1817Territory LostDiocese of Catania Diocese of Piazza Armerina (erected)
27 June 1844Territory LostDiocese of Catania
Archdiocese of Messina
Diocese of Acireale (erected)
Archdiocese of Catania
4 September 1859ElevatedDiocese of Catania Archdiocese of Catania
2 December 2000ElevatedArchdiocese of Catania (became a Metropolitan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Catania
1886222,014.0%488049OTC
1949445,000450,00098.9%31118249390230391183ap1951
1959547,000555,10098.5%3002125121,0684331,311111ap1960
1969625,379.0%30923354204441,342123ap1971
1980668,803672,95399.4%2752525271,2693351,172143ap1981
1990700,000725,37096.5%2492324811,4552951,021148ap1991
1999695,000720,19896.5%2592044631,50119243838152ap2000
2000716,000731,05697.9%2641514151,72520184573152ap2001
2001716,000731,05697.9%2671514181,71220184573152ap2002
2002695,000709,68297.9%2731834561,52432215631152ap2003
2003695,000703,94698.7%2741764501,54434223658153ap2004
2004724,332733,65698.7%2661594251,70435202709154ap2005
2006724,886734,21898.7%2591414001,81234176991155ap2007
2013737,000746,99998.7%237993362,19341109379157ap2014
2016736,700746,54998.7%2281183462,12955134358157ap2017
2019742,400748,73699.2%2341323662,02862143249157ap2020
2021726,000732,14099.2%2231323552,04564141114157ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Catania
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 176, and Page 177
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 122
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 159
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 141, and Page 142
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 150, and Page 151
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 156
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 944, to Page 945
  • Archdiocese of Catania
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 128, and Page 129

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