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Archdiocese of Agrigento

Archidioecesis Agrigentina



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Bishop(s)

  • Alessandro Damiano, Archbishop
  • Carmelo Ferraro, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Francesco Montenegro, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 2 December 2000
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 3,042 (1,174 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesiag.it/
  • Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Piazza Don Minzoni 19, 92100 Agrigento, Italia
  • Telephone: 0922.49.00.11
  • Fax: 0922.49.00.24

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Agrigento (Girgenti)
1st CenturyErectedDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) (erected)
25 May 1844Territory LostDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) Diocese of Caltanissetta (erected)
31 May 1993Territory LostDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) (Part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok: Kunszentmárton I, Kunszentmárton II, Mesterszállás, Kuncsorba, and Turkeve)
Archdiocese of Eger (Kunszentmárton I, Kunszentmárton II, Mesterszállás, Kuncsorba, Turkeve, Bucsa and Dévaványa)
Diocese of Vác (Part of Csongrád along with Mezótúr, Mezohék, and Kungyalu)
Diocese of Szeged-Csanád
Archdiocese of Agrigento
2 December 2000ElevatedDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) Archdiocese of Agrigento

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Agrigento (Girgenti)
1886312,487.0%954056OTC
19483501354850ap1951
1955467,520469,86499.5%320834031,160115730154ap1960
1970480,481483,48499.4%314663801,264103628197ap1971
1980482,000487,70098.8%259623211,501180945199ap1981
1990480,000492,09397.5%253503031,5841150585194ap1991
1999464,200473,10098.1%234502841,6342360516194ap2000
Archdiocese of Agrigento
2000464,200473,10098.1%235452801,6572449575194ap2001
2001463,900473,10098.1%234462801,6562556470194ap2002
2002463,400473,00098.0%239512901,5972563432194ap2003
2003463,700473,20098.0%240542941,5773166433194ap2004
2004463,200473,20097.9%237552921,5863479437194ap2005
2006449,000461,00097.4%237492861,5693459443194ap2007
2012469,000479,00097.9%228442721,7244549391194ap2013
2015428,670448,83095.5%228412691,5934451294194ap2016
2018415,518431,87596.2%210342441,7023944255194ap2019
2020410,330434,87094.4%209342431,6883841226194ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Agrigento (Girgenti)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 78, and Page 79
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 83
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 98, and Page 99
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 73
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 73
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 71
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 63
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 82
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 41
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 943, to Page 944
  • Archdiocese of Agrigento
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 128, and Page 129

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