Archdiocese of Catania
Catanen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Catania, Italy
The Archdiocese of Catania is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Sicily, Italy. It was elevated to an archdiocese in 1859 and became a metropolitan see with suffragans Acireale and Caltagirone in 2000. The current archbishop is Luigi Renna, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1859
- Latin
- Catanen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Agatha
- Annuario code
- 001001080
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 715,900
- Population
- 721,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.2%
- Priests
- 218
- Catholics per priest
- 3,284
- Extent
- 1,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 537
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Luigi Renna
- Born
- 23 June 1946
- Birthplace
- Sciara
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cattedrale di Sant'Agata stands in Catania, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Catania
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AcirealeAcireale
- Diocese of CaltagironeCaltagirone
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in Catania in Sicily, southern Italy, the Archdiocese of Catania (Latin: Archidioecesis Catanensis) was raised to archdiocesan rank in 1859 and became a metropolitan see in 2000. Two suffragans answer to it: the diocese of Acireale and the diocese of Caltagirone.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.