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Archdiocese of Palermo

Archidioecesis Panormitana



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Bishop(s)

  • Corrado Lorefice, Archbishop
  • Salvatore De Giorgi, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Paolo Romeo, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 11th Century
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,366 (527 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesipa.it/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Arcivescovile, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 461, 90134 Palermo, Italia
  • Telephone: 091.607.71.11
  • Fax: 091.611.36.42

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Palermo
1st CenturyErectedDiocese of Palermo (erected)
Archdiocese of Palermo
11th CenturyElevatedDiocese of Palermo Archdiocese of Palermo
26 October 1937Territory LostArchdiocese of Monreale (Piana)
Archdiocese of Palermo (S. Christina Gela)
Diocese of Piana dei Greci (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Palermo
1886421,093.0%689047OTC
1949700,000800,00087.5%3142745881,19052454998ap1951
1969828,110831,31299.6%2613506111,3556342,064133ap1971
1980840,000874,56096.0%2393716101,3774931,865158ap1981
1990933,000953,00097.9%2472805271,77043962,025178ap1991
1999960,000990,00097.0%2203505701,684244511,420178ap2000
2000930,000960,00096.9%2213505711,628244511,420178ap2001
2001930,000960,00096.9%2183505681,637244511,420178ap2002
2002930,000960,00096.9%2213505711,628224201,330178ap2003
2003930,000960,00096.9%2213505711,628224351,330178ap2004
2004930,000960,00096.9%2183505681,637264401,330178ap2005
2013905,700912,80099.2%2332454781,89441304940178ap2014
2016890,000933,50195.3%2302504801,85441307940174ap2017
2019892,900936,60095.3%2352504851,84141307940178ap2020
2021882,290925,47095.3%2372504871,81141307940178ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Palermo
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 951, to Page 952
  • Archdiocese of Palermo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 388
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 211
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 268, and Page 269
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 272
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 305, and Page 306
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 327

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