Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro
Appearance
Eparchy of Lungro Eparchia Lungrensis Diocesi di Lungro | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 33,000[2] 32,900[2] (98.8[2]%) |
Parishes | 29[2] |
Information | |
Denomination | Italo-Albanian Catholic Church[1] |
Rite | Byzantine Rite[3] |
Established | 13 February 1919[3] |
Cathedral | St Nicholas Cathedral, Lungro[4] |
Patron saint | Saint Nicholas[3] |
Secular priests | 41[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Donato Oliverio[3] |
Bishops emeritus | Ercole Lupinacci[5] |
Map | |
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Website | |
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The Catholic Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungres) is in Calabria, Italy of Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.
History
It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[2] the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily and Calabria.[6]
The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1990 | 32,500 | — |
2000 | 32,800 | +0.09% |
2005 | 32,965 | +0.10% |
2009 | 32,900 | −0.05% |
2010 | 32,900 | +0.00% |
Source: CNEWA[1] |
Bishops
- Giovanni Mele (10 March 1919 – 10 February 1979)
- Giovanni Stamati
- Apostolic Administrator (25 March 1967 – 20 February 1979) Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum
- Bishop (20 February 1979 – 7 June 1987)
- Ercole Lupinacci (30 November 1987 – 10 August 2010)
- Salvatore Nunnari, Apostolic Administrator (10 August 2010 – 5 December 2012) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano
- Donato Oliverio (5 December 2012 – present)[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Roberson, Ronald G. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010" (PDF). Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. GCatholic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Mira". Churches. Giga Catholic Information. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ David M., Cheney. "Bishop Ercole Lupinacci". All Bishops. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
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