Archdiocese of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela–Santissimo Salvatore
Messanen(sis)-Liparen(sis)-Sanctae Luciae
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela–Santissimo Salvatore, Italy
The Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Sicily, Italy. It assumed its current name in 1986 by uniting the sees of Messina and Lipari with the Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela, and is led by Archbishop Giovanni Accolla.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Messanen(sis)-Liparen(sis)-Sanctae Luciae
- Patron
- <li>Nuestra Señora de la Letra<li>san Bartolomé<li>santa Lucía<li>san Plácido
- Annuario code
- 001002232
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 480,000
- Population
- 490,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.0%
- Priests
- 217
- Catholics per priest
- 2,212
- Extent
- 1,848 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 260
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
- Giovanni Accolla
- Born
- 29 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Siracusa
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria SS. Assunta stands in Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela–Santissimo Salvatore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale Archimandritato del Santissimo Salvatore (Messina); Concattedrale di San Bartolomeo (Lipari); Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela (Sicily)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Originally founded as the Diocese of Messina, this Latin see (Latin: Archidioecesis Messanensis-Liparensis-Sanctae Luciae) was raised to an archdiocese on 30 September 1986, when it absorbed the former Diocese of Lipari (5th century) and the Territorial Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206). The Diocese of Patti and the Diocese of Nicosia serve as its suffragans.
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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.