Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo
| Archdiocese of Palermo Archidioecesis Panormitana | |
|---|---|
 Palermo Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Palermo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,366 km2 (527 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 960,000 930,000 (96.9%) |
| Parishes | 178 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di l’Assunzione di Maria |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Corrado Lorefice |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Salvatore De Giorgi Paolo Romeo |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.arcidiocesi.palermo.it | |
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Palermo.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo (Latin: Archidioecesis Panormitana) was founded as the Diocese of Palermo in the first century and raised to the status of archdiocese in the 11th century.[1] [2] The Archbishop of Palermo is Corrado Lorefice.
The archdiocese has the following suffragans:
List of Archbishops of Palermo
- Hugh (1150 – 1161)
- Stephen du Perche (1167 – 1168)
- Walter of the Mill (1168 – 1191)
- ...
- Matteo Orsini, O.P. (1334 - 1336 Resigned)
- ...
- Rinaldo Brancaccio (4 Aug 1410 - 1414 Resigned)
- ...
- Niccolò Tedeschi (9 Mar 1435 - 24 Feb 1445 Died)
- ...
- Giovanni Burgio (16 Nov 1467 - 1469 Died)
- Paolo Visconti (6 Sep 1469 - 1473 Died)
- Philip of Viana (Filippo di Navarra) (31 Jan 1477 - 1485 Resigned)
- Pierre de Foix (le jeune) (14 May 1485 - 6 Jul 1489 Appointed, Administrator of Malta)
- Giovanni Paternò, O.S.B. (6 Jul 1489 - 1511 Died)
- Francisco de Remolins (23 Jan 1512 - 5 Feb 1518 Died)
- Tommaso De Vio (Thomas Cajetan), O.P. (appointed 1 July 1517 - resigned 8 February 1518, never took possession)
- Giovanni Carandolet (Jean Carondelet)(19 Dec 1519 - 26 Mar 1544 Died)
- Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia (10 Oct 1544 - 5 Aug 1558 Died)
- Francisco Orozco de Arce (15 Mar 1559 - 11 Oct 1561 Died)
- Ottaviano Preconio, O.F.M. Conv. (18 Mar 1562 - 18 Aug 1568 Died)
- Juan Segría (Cengria) (16 Sep 1569 - 1570 Died)
- Giacomo Lomellino del Canto (10 Jan 1571 - 9 Aug 1575 Died)
- Cesare Marullo (11 Sep 1577 - 12 Nov 1588 Died)
- Diego Haëdo (14 Aug 1589 - 5 Jul 1608 Died)
- Giovanni Doria (5 Jul 1608 - 19 Nov 1642 Died)
- Fernando Andrade Castro (28 Nov 1644 - 6 Jul 1648 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Jaén)
- Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. (27 Aug 1650 - 15 Nov 1655 Died)
- Pietro Jerónimo Martínez y Rubio (15 Jan 1657 - 22 Nov 1667 Died)
- Juan Lozano (bishop), O.S.A. (4 Feb 1669 - 26 Apr 1677 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Plasencia)[3]
- Jaime de Palafox y Cardona (8 Nov 1677 - 13 Nov 1684 Appointed, Archbishop of Seville)
- Ferdinando Bazan y Manriquez (1 Apr 1686 - 11 Aug 1702 Died)
- José Gasch (Casch), O.M. (26 Nov 1703 - 11 Jun 1729 Died)
- Giovanni Maurizio Gustavo ( 1730 - 1731 Died)
- Paolo Basile, O.F.M. Obs. (3 Sep 1731 - Jan 1736 Died)
- Domenico Rossi (Rosso e Colonna), O.S.B. (8 Jul 1737 - 6 Jul 1747 Died)
- José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. Disc. (19 Feb 1748 - 31 Oct 1753 Died)
- Marcello Papiniano-Cusani (11 Feb 1754 - 16 Jun 1762 Resigned)
- Serafino Filangeri, O.S.B. (23 Aug 1762 - 29 Jan 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Naples)
- Francesco Ferdinando Sanseverino, C.P.O. (15 Apr 1776 - 31 Mar 1793 Died)
- Filippo López y Rojo, C.R. (17 Jun 1793 - 4 Sep 1801 Resigned)
- Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, C.R. (29 Mar 1802 - 5 Feb 1803 Died)
- Raffaele Mormile, C.R. (28 Mar 1803 - 31 Dec 1813 Died)
- Pietro Gravina (23 Sep 1816 - 6 Dec 1830 Died)
- Gaetano Maria Giuseppe Benedetto Placido Vincenzo Trigona e Parisi (15 Apr 1833 - 5 Jul 1837 Died)
- Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. (21 Feb 1839 - 10 May 1853 Died)
- Giovanni Battista Naselli, C.O. (27 Jun 1853 - 3 May 1870 Died)
- Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. (27 Oct 1871 - 14 Apr 1904 Died)
- Alessandro Lualdi (14 Nov 1904 - 12 Nov 1927 Died)
- Luigi Lavitrano (29 Sep 1928 - Dec 1944 Resigned)
- Ernesto Ruffini (11 Oct 1945 - 11 Jun 1967 Died)
- Francesco Carpino (26 Jun 1967 - 17 Oct 1970 Resigned)
- Salvatore Pappalardo (17 Oct 1970 - 4 Apr 1996 Retired)
- Salvatore De Giorgi (4 Apr 1996 - 19 Dec 2006 Retired)
- Paolo Romeo (19 Dec 2006 - 27 Oct 2015 Retired)
- Corrado Lorefice (27 Oct 2015 - )
References
- ↑ "Archdiocese of Palermo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Archbishop Juan Lozano, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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Coordinates: 38°06′56″N 13°25′41″E / 38.1156°N 13.4281°E
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