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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
12,000 km²

Bishop
  
Yannis Spiteris

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Greece

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)1,200,0003,800 (0.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher in Corfu

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cefalonia (Latin: Archdioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis) is an archdiocese comprising the Ionian islands of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia in western Greece.

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History

  • 1310: Established as Diocese of Corfù
  • June 3, 1919: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu – Zakynthos – Cephalonia

    • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (since 2003.03.22)
  • Archbishop Antonios Varthalitis, A.A. (1962.05.30 – 2003.03.22)
  • Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. (1947.05.29 – 1952.07.06)
  • Fr. Giovanni Dalla Vecchia (Apostolic Administrator 1941–1944)
  • Archbishop Leonard Brindisi (1919.07.03 – 1940.09.08)
  • Bishops of Corfu (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Domenico Darmanin (1912.03.04 – 1919.02.17)
  • Archbishop Teodoro Antonio Polito (? – 1911.09.23)
  • Archbishop Antonio Delenda (1898.03.24 – 1900.08.20)
  • Bishop Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. (1885.01.11 – ?)
  • Bishop Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. (1852.05 – 1855.04.30)
  • Patriarch Daulus Augustus Foscolo (1816.03.08 – 1830.03.15)
  • Patriarch Francesco Maria Fenzi (1779.09.20 – 1816.09.23)
  • Cardinal Angelo Maria Quirini, O.S.B.Cas. (1723.11.22 – 1727.07.30)
  • Cardinal Marcantonio Barbarigo (1678.06.06 – 1687.07.07)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia Wikipedia
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