Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova

Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis
Reggio Calabria Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Reggio Calabria-Bova
Statistics
Area	1,004 km2 (388 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 282,240 278,500 (98.7%)
Parishes	119
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo (Reggio Calabria)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale della Presentazione della Beata Vergine Maria (Bova)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Sede vacante
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The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova (Latin: Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Calabria, southern Italy. It was created in 1986, when historic Archdiocese of Reggio was combined with the Diocese of Bova.

Through a misinterpretation of Acts 27:13, St. Paul was said to have preached the Gospel at Reggio Calabria, and to have consecrated his companion, St. Stephen, bishop. The first bishop known is Mark, legate of Pope Sylvester at the Council of Nicaea (325).

When all Southern Italy was united to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Reggio became a metropolitan see with thirteen suffragans, and followed the Greek Rite, which was changed to the Gallican Rite after the Norman Conquest; Archbishop Ricciulli adopted the Roman Rite in 1580. The Greek Rite, however, remained in force in the church of Santissima Maria della Cattolica, built by King Roger, and governed by a protopope with a numerous Greek clergy. Questions of jurisdiction caused frequent controversies with the archbishop. About 1600 Archbishop Annibale degli Afflitti suppressed the Greek Rite in that church, and the entire diocese now follows the Roman Rite.

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

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