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Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi

Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi / Hora e Arbëreshëvet
Planen(sis) Albanensium
Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi
Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet
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Location
Country Italy
Territory Piana degli Albanesi, Contessa Entellina, Mezzojuso, Palazzo Adriano, Santa Cristina Gela and Palermo
Ecclesiastical province Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
30,000
28,500 (95%)
Parishes 15
Information
Denomination Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine Rite
Established 26 October 1937
Cathedral Cathedral of St Demetrius the Martyr (Piana degli Albanesi)
Co-cathedral Co-cathedral of St Nicholas (Palermo)
Patron saint Demetrius
Secular priests 31
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro
Apostolic Administrator Paolo Romeo
Emeritus Bishops Ercole Lupinacci
Sotir Ferrara
Map
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Website
eparchiapiana.it

The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italian: Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi; Albanian: Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet), is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Italo-Albanian (Byzantine/Greek) Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Albanese language and Greek language) covering the Italian island of Sicily, where it has 15 parishes.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cattedrale di S. Demetrio Megalomartire dedicated to the marty Deemetrio, in Piana degli Albanesi, province of Palermo. It also has a Marian Co-Cathedral, which is a World Heritage Site: Concatedral Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio Concatedral Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, in Palermo.

On February 6, 1784, was established the Ordinariate of Silicia, the first jurisdiction with on ordinary for this particular church sui iuris, and appointed to it the first titular bishop of the Byzantine-Orthodox Rite for the Albanians of Sicily: Giorgio Stassi, Titular Bishop of Lampsacus. Before, the Albanians faithful and their Orthodox priests they had no right and were at risk in assimilation in the Roman rite.

On October 26, 1937, the Eparchy of Piana dei Greci was created by promoting the Ordinariate of Silicia and transferring to it territories from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monreale (both on Sicily).

On October 25, 1941, the Eparchy (Diocese) of Piana dei Greci was renamed as Eparchy of Piana degli Abanesi / Hora e Arbëreshëvet.


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