Diocese of Piazza Armerina
Platien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Piazza Armerina, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Sicily, Italy, erected in 1817 by Pope Pius VII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agrigento and has been led by Bishop Rosario Gisana since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1817
- Latin
- Platien(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Most Holy of the Victories
- Annuario code
- 001002599
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 203,000
- Population
- 208,539
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.3%
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 2,360
- Extent
- 2,003 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 101
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
- Bishop
- Rosario Gisana
- Born
- 14 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Modica
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 Maria Santissima delle Vittorie stands in Piazza Armerina, 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 Agrigento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Agrigento.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AgrigentoAgrigento
- Diocese of CaltanissettaCaltanissetta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Sicily, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Piazza Armerina (Latin: Dioecesis Platiensis), a Catholic see suffragan to the archdiocese of Agrigento.
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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.