Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicosia, Sicily
Roman Catholic diocese in Italy
Diocese of Nicosia Dioecesis Nicosiensis o Herbitensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,475 km2 (570 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 79,068 78,727 (99.6%) |
Parishes | 40 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 17 March 1817 (207 years ago) |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Nicola di Bari |
Secular priests | 55 (diocesan) 6 (Religious Orders) 7 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Salvatore Muratore |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.diocesinicosia.it |
The Diocese of Nicosia (Latin: Dioecesis Nicosiensis o Herbitensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.[1]
The current bishop is Salvatore Muratore.[2]
History
The diocese of Nicosia has existed since 1817.[3] Its first bishop was Cajetan M. Averna. Within the diocese is the ancient city of Troina, which was briefly an episcopal see from 1087 to 1090.
Bishops
- Gaetano Maria Avarna (1818–1841 Died)
- Rosario Vincenzo Benza (1844–1847 Died)
- Camillo Milana (1851–1858 Died)
- Melchiorre Lo Piccolo (1858–1881 Died)
- Bernardo Cozzucli (Cozzuoli) (1881–1902 Died)
- Ferdinando Fiandaca (1903–1912 Appointed, Bishop of Patti)
- Felice Agostino Addeo, O.S.A. (1913–1942 Resigned)
- Pio Giardina (1942–1953 Died)
- Clemente Gaddi (1953–1962 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Siracusa)
- Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. (1962–1976 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Mazara del Vallo)
- Salvatore Di Salvo (1976–1984 Resigned)
- Pio Vittorio Vigo (1984–1985), Apostolic Administrator
- Pio Vittorio Vigo (1985–1997 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)
- Salvatore Pappalardo (1998–2008 Appointed, Archbishop of Siracusa) (He is not the Salvatore Pappalardo who was Archbishop of Palermo and who became Cardinal in 1973.)
- Salvatore Muratore (2009– )
Notes
External links
- (in Italian)
- Official website
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nicosia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
- Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
- Diocese of Nicosia
- Diocese of Patti
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