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Diocese of Chios (Scio)

Dioecesis Chiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Josif Printezis, Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Greece
  • Square Kilometers: 4,116 (1,589 Square Miles)
  • Description: (Keos)
  • Mailing Address: Iustiniani 4, 82100 Chios, Hellas
  • Telephone: (22830)22.382
  • Fax: 24.769

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13th CenturyErectedDiocese of Chios (Scio) (erected)
30 March 1930Territory LostDiocese of Chios (Scio) (Patmon)
Diocese of Santorini {Thira} (Astypalaea)
Archdiocese of Rhodos {Rhodes} (Lisson)
20 August 1931Territory AddedArchdiocese of Izmir (Smirne) (Island of Mytilene) Diocese of Chios (Scio)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950150278,000.1%134374103ap1951
197095254,496.0%112471102ap1971
198045212,000.0%114553ap1981
199050195,004.0%3ap1991
1999150195,000.1%3ap2000
2000155195,000.1%3ap2001
2001200195,000.1%6ap2002
2002170199,800.1%3ap2003
2003300201,500.1%3ap2004
2004500205,000.2%3ap2005
2006500206,000.2%3ap2007
2013450200,520.2%114503ap2014
2016500210,000.2%3ap2017
2019500210,000.2%3ap2020
2021500209,700.2%115003ap2022

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 1, Page 184, and Page 185
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 126
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 165
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 149
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 158
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 164
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 149
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 24, Page 112, and Page 113

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