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Diocese of Piazza Armerina

Dioecesis Platiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Rosario Gisana, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 July 1817
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Agrigento
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 2,003 (773 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sicilia
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesipiazza.it/
  • Mailing Address: Piano Fedele Calarco 1, 94015 Piazza Armerina [Enna], Italia
  • Telephone: 0935.68.00.20
  • Fax: 0935.68.74.58

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 July 1817ErectedDiocese of Catania Diocese of Piazza Armerina (erected)
2 December 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Piazza Armerina (from Siracusa)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1886148,002.0%388029OTC
1950235,000236,00099.6%138391771,3273925146ap1951
1970242,000245,01398.8%126491751,3824936667ap1971
1980242,800245,90098.7%125421671,4534231569ap1981
1990241,000249,00096.8%108391471,6394526175ap1991
1999220,000226,00097.3%99361351,62924119775ap2000
2000220,000226,00097.3%92351271,73254117975ap2001
2001220,000226,00097.3%94361301,69254218475ap2002
2002220,000226,00097.3%95361311,67954518275ap2003
2003220,000227,00096.9%99361351,62954418275ap2004
2004218,000224,00097.3%91381291,68954617675ap2005
2013216,000224,00096.4%102341361,58874013475ap2014
2016215,000222,56796.6%99381371,56974411375ap2017
2019215,000222,56796.6%99341331,616144011875ap2020
2021212,450219,90096.6%97321291,646123811775ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 956
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 128, and Page 129

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