Diocese of Crotone

Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina Archidioecesis Crotonensis-Sanctae Severinae
Cathedral of Crotone
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Catanzaro-Squillace
Statistics
Area	1,885 km2 (728 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 205,500 (est.) 202,600 (est.) (98.6%)
Parishes	81
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6th Century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Crotone)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore (Santa Severina)
Secular priests	94 (diocesan) 16 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Domenico Graziani
Map
Website
www.diocesidicrotone.it

The Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina (Latin: Archidioecesis Crotonensis-Sanctae Severinae) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in southern Italy, created in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. The historic Diocese of Cortone (also Cotrone, now Crotone) in Calabria had existed from the 6th century, and was in 1986 combined with the Diocese of Santa Severina. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio. In 2013 there was one priest for every 1, 841 Catholics.

Cotrone (ancient Croton) it was unsuccessfully besieged by Totila, King of the Goths, and at a later date became a part of the Byzantine Empire. About 870 it was taken and sacked by the Saracens, who put to death the bishop and many people who had taken refuge in the cathedral. Later on it was conquered by Normans, and thenceforth shared the fate of the Kingdom of Naples. According to local legend the Gospel was preached there by Dionysius the Areopagite. Its first known bishop was Flavianus, during whose episcopate occurred the siege of the city by Totila.

Later bishops included:

Erected: 6th Century
Latin Name: Crotonensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

United: 30 September 1986 with the suppressed Archdiocese of Santa Severina
Latin Name: Crotonensis-Sanctae Severinae

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