- Eparchy of Lungro degli Albanesi
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Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi
Eparchia LungrensisLocation Country Italy Ecclesiastical province Immediately Subject to the Holy See Metropolitan Lungro, Province of Cosenza, Calabria Population
- Catholics
32,800 (98.8%)Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Byzantine Rite Established February 13, 1919 Cathedral St. Nicholas Cathedral Patron saint Saint Nicholas Current leadership Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Administrator Salvatore Nunnari Website webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it The Italian Catholic eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi is in Calabria. It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See,[1] for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, the Roman Catholics of the Greek Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Calabria and Sicily.[2]
The see is currently vacant, the most recent bishop, Ercole Lupinacci, having retired in August 2010.[3][4]
See also
Notes
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Exsul Familia Nazarethana
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ http://www.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_new/bd_vescovi_cei.edit_v?id_v=258, in Italian.
External links
Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Religious organizations established in 1919
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