Archdiocese of Athēnai
Athenien(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Athēnai, Greece
The Archdiocese of Athens is the Latin rite archdiocese for Athens and its region, restored as a residential see in the mid-19th century after the Greek War of Independence. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St Dionysius the Areopagite on Panepistimiou Avenue. Archbishop Theodoros Kontidis, S.J., a Thessaloniki-born Jesuit, has led the archdiocese since 14 July 2021 and is also apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Rhodes.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 July 1875
- Latin
- Athenien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000748
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,247
- Population
- 6,114,750
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 2,638
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
- Theodoros Kontidis, S.J.
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
Cathedral Basilica of St Dionysius the Areopagite, Athens stands in Athēnai, 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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.