Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa information
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Italy
This article is about the diocese in Italy. For the diocese in the American state of New York, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.
Archdiocese of Siracusa
Archidioecesis Syracusana
Cathedral of Syracuse
Location
Country
Italy
Ecclesiastical province
Siracusa
Statistics
Area
1,341 km2 (518 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2014) 297,286 289,162 (97.3%)
Parishes
76
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
2nd century
Cathedral
Cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima
Secular priests
103 (diocesan) 37 (Religious Orders) 16 Deacons
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Francesco Lomanto
Bishops emeritus
Giuseppe Costanzo Salvatore Pappalardo
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese, arcidiocesi.siracusa.it. Accessed 27 February 2024.
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Siracusa
The Archdiocese of Siracusa, also known as Syracuse, (Latin: Archidioecesis Syracusana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It became an archdiocese in 1844.[1][2][3] The current archbishop is Francesco Lomanto.
^The Bull In suprema was issued by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 February 1844. Gaetano Moroni, ed. (1854). Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da s. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. LXV. Venice: Tipografia Emiliana. p. 315.
^"Archdiocese of Siracusa", Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source?]
^"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siracusa", GCatholic.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.[self-published source?]
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