Diocese of Chios
Chien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chios, Greece
The Diocese of Chios is a Latin rite see comprising the islands of Chios, Psara, Oinousses, Lesvos, Lemnos, Samos, Ikaria and Fourni in the eastern Aegean. The see has been vacant since the death of Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos in 1939 and is governed by apostolic administrators. Since 25 January 2021 the apostolic administrator has been Archbishop Josif Printezis of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13th century
- Latin
- Chien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas of Myra
- Annuario code
- 001001140
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 450
- Population
- 200,520
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 150
- Extent
- 4,116 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio)
- Josif Printezis
- Born
- 6 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Poseidonia
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 of St. Nicholas, Chios stands in Chios, 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.
History
The island of Chios is home to the Diocese of Chios (Latin: Dioecesis Chiensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
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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.