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Diocese of Acireale

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Bishop(s)

  • Antonino Raspanti, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 27 June 1844
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Catania
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 666 (257 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesiacireale.it/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Largo Giovanni XXIII 3, 95024 Acireale [Catania], Italia
  • Telephone: 095.60.11.02
  • Fax: 095.76.39.460

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
27 June 1844ErectedDiocese of Catania
Archdiocese of Messina
Diocese of Acireale (erected)
2 December 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Acireale (from Immediately Subject)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1886130,697.0%416027OTC
1950167,000168,00099.4%21610031652810046794ap1951
1959162,300164,50098.7%21110331451616942599ap1960
1970174,793175,21599.8%19395288606152482110ap1971
1980183,504184,19299.6%16169230797118453110ap1981
1990206,000207,65799.2%147552021,019280361111ap1991
1999221,622223,72299.1%141361771,252866321111ap2000
2000221,622223,72299.1%139361751,266864321111ap2001
2001221,622223,72299.1%140361761,259964313111ap2002
2002222,623224,72599.1%138361741,2791158313111ap2003
2003223,623225,72599.1%134361701,3151157311111ap2004
2004223,623225,72599.1%135371721,3001057311111ap2005
2006225,000227,70098.8%135361711,315954296111ap2007
2012227,900231,30098.5%135321671,364947270112ap2013
2015232,600236,60098.3%131321631,426746260112ap2016
2018230,180234,17098.3%125361611,429751240112ap2019
2020229,400233,37598.3%121301511,519745240112ap2021
2022230,000234,00098.3%121291501,5331135100111ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 218
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 313
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 203
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 128, and Page 129

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