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Archdiocese of Lecce

Archdiocese of Lecce
Archidioecesis Lyciensis
Lecce cathedral main entrance.jpg
Lecce Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Lecce
Statistics
Area 750 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
274,517
273,697 (99.7%)
Parishes 77
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1057 (960 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta
Secular priests 122 (diocesan)
58 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio
Map
Lecce Diocesi.png
Website
www.diocesilecce.org

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce (Latin: Archidioecesis Lyciensis) in Apulia, southern Italy, has existed as a diocese since 1057. On September 28, 1960, in the bull Cum a nobis, Pope John XXIII separated the diocese of Lecce from the ecclesiastical province of Otranto and made it immediately subject to the Holy See. In the bull Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae issued on October 20, 1980, Pope John Paul II erected the ecclesiastical province of Lecce, with the Archdiocese of Otranto becoming a suffragan diocese.

Many years ago, Lecce was known as Lupiæ. Beginning circa 1060, Lecce became the seat of a county. One of its notable counts, Tancred of Lecce, contested Emperor Henry VI for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Another count was Gautier de Brienne, a cousin of Tancred.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 40°21′07″N 18°10′09″E / 40.3520°N 18.1691°E / 40.3520; 18.1691


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