Syros (e Milos) (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Petros Stefanou, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 13th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos
Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Greece
Square Kilometers: 633 (244 Square Miles)
Description: The islands of Syros, Milos, Thira (Santorini), Kea, Kithnos, Kimolos, and Serifos.
Official Web Site: http://episkopisyrou.gr/
Mailing Address: Katholiki Episkopi, Odos Georgiou Papandreou 15, 84100 Syros, Hellas
Telephone: (22810)84.782/3
Fax: 84.781

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pantaleone Dioscurus † (12 Feb 1410 Appointed - 2 May 1418 Appointed, Bishop of Naxos)
Nicola , O. Carm. † (10 Jan 1419 Appointed - )
Antonio Munnoz, O.P. † (4 Sep 1420 Appointed - 1440 Died)
Benoit de Adria, O.P. † (16 Nov 1450 Appointed - )
Giovanni , O.E.S.A. † (13 Oct 1455 Appointed - 15 Jun 1489 Died)
Antoine de Medio † (25 Jun 1501 Appointed - 1537 Died)
Nicolas de Veglia † (14 May 1537 Appointed - 1554 Died)
Nicolas Gasco † (13 Apr 1554 Appointed - )
Benedetto Sceptius, O.P. † (22 Aug 1583 Appointed - 1604 Died)
Agostino Gisolfi, O.P. † (23 Sep 1592 Appointed - 1607 Died)
Giovanni Andrea Garga, O.P. † (30 Jul 1607 Appointed - 2 Oct 1617 Died)
Giovanni Girardi, O.F.M. † (7 Jan 1619 Appointed - 1624 Died)
Domenico Marengo, O.F.M. † (27 Oct 1625 Appointed - 1645 Died)
Giovanni Mihele de Curtis, O. Carm. † (6 May 1647 Appointed - Jun 1655 Resigned)
Giuseppe Guarchi † (2 Aug 1655 Appointed - 1690 Died)
Antonio Giustiniani † (8 Feb 1694 Appointed - 24 Jan 1701 Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos)
Michele Caro † (12 Feb 1703 Appointed - 18 Sep 1707 Died)
Nicolaus de Camillis † (7 May 1710 Appointed - )
Nicola Portoghese, O.F.M. † (1 Oct 1710 Appointed - 1727 Died)
Giovanni Francesco Bossi, O.F.M. Conv. † (28 Nov 1729 Appointed - 22 Nov 1730 Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos)
Antonio Maturi, O.F.M. Ref. † (21 May 1731 Appointed - 13 Apr 1733 Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos)
Emmanuel Caranza † (13 Apr 1733 Appointed - Jun 1734 Died)
Dario de Longhis † (25 May 1735 Appointed - 27 Jul 1748 Resigned)
Antonio Maturi, O.F.M. Ref. † (21 Jul 1749 Appointed - Oct 1750 Died)
Giacinto Giustiniani, O.P. † (15 May 1752 Appointed - 29 May 1786 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Fonton, O.F.M. Conv. † (24 Jul 1786 Appointed - 16 Mar 1799 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople)
Ioannes Baptistus Russin † (5 Oct 1800 Appointed - 14 Sep 1824 Resigned)
Luigi Maria Blancis da Ciriè, O.F.M. Ref. † (15 Mar 1830 Appointed - 30 Oct 1851 Died)
Giuseppe Maria Alberti † (30 Oct 1851 Succeeded - 18 Mar 1880 Died)
Teofilo Massucci, O.F.M. Ref. † (1 Oct 1880 Appointed - 18 Feb 1895 Resigned)
Teodoro Antonio Polito † (27 Mar 1895 Appointed - 11 Jun 1901 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfù)
Domenico Darmanin † (18 Jun 1901 Appointed - 4 Mar 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfù)
Antonio Macrioniti † (2 Jul 1912 Appointed - 9 Dec 1936 Resigned)
Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. † (9 Jun 1937 Appointed - 29 May 1947 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia)
Georges Xenopulos, S.J. † (22 Feb 1947 Appointed - 27 Jun 1974 Retired)
Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. † (27 Jun 1974 Appointed - 13 May 2014 Retired)
Petros Stefanou (13 May 2014 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
13th Century	Erected		Diocese of Syros (e Milos) (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 7,400 22,000 33.6% 19 4 23 321 4 12 11 ap1951

1970 7,540 19,600 38.5% 19 2 21 359 3 25 11 ap1971

1980 7,440 32,800 22.7% 17 4 21 354 11 8 11 ap1981

1990 7,770 34,950 22.2% 13 3 16 485 8 6 15 ap1991

1999 6,246 31,302 20.0% 10 1 11 567 7 7 15 ap2000

2000 6,271 31,302 20.0% 10 1 11 570 7 7 15 ap2001

2001 6,657 31,302 21.3% 10 1 11 605 7 12 15 ap2002

2002 6,770 31,302 21.6% 10 1 11 615 7 12 15 ap2003

2003 6,702 31,302 21.4% 10 1 11 609 8 10 15 ap2004

2004 6,732 31,302 21.5% 10 1 11 612 8 10 15 ap2005

2010 6,831 31,302 21.8% 9 3 12 569 10 8 15 ap2011

2014 7,017 31,302 22.4% 10 2 12 584 8 7 15 ap2015

2017 6,345 31,300 20.3% 11 3 14 453 5 5 15 ap2018

2020 6,000 31,300 19.2% 11 3 14 428 5 6 15 ap2021

2022 6,000 31,300 19.2% 7 3 10 600 4 6 15 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	7,400	22,000	33.6%	19	4	23	321	4	12	11	ap1951
1970	7,540	19,600	38.5%	19	2	21	359	3	25	11	ap1971
1980	7,440	32,800	22.7%	17	4	21	354	11	8	11	ap1981
1990	7,770	34,950	22.2%	13	3	16	485	8	6	15	ap1991
1999	6,246	31,302	20.0%	10	1	11	567	7	7	15	ap2000
2000	6,271	31,302	20.0%	10	1	11	570	7	7	15	ap2001
2001	6,657	31,302	21.3%	10	1	11	605	7	12	15	ap2002
2002	6,770	31,302	21.6%	10	1	11	615	7	12	15	ap2003
2003	6,702	31,302	21.4%	10	1	11	609	8	10	15	ap2004
2004	6,732	31,302	21.5%	10	1	11	612	8	10	15	ap2005
2010	6,831	31,302	21.8%	9	3	12	569	10	8	15	ap2011
2014	7,017	31,302	22.4%	10	2	12	584	8	7	15	ap2015
2017	6,345	31,300	20.3%	11	3	14	453	5	5	15	ap2018
2020	6,000	31,300	19.2%	11	3	14	428	5	6	15	ap2021
2022	6,000	31,300	19.2%	7	3	10	600	4	6	15	ap2023