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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina Lipari Santa Lucia del Mela

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Parishes
  
244

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
1,848 km²

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Established
  
1st century

Country
  
Italy

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 487,429 486,329 (99.8%)

Emeritus bishops
  
Giovanni Marra, Calogero La Piana

The Archdiocese of Messina (Latin: Archidioecesis Messanensis-Liparensis-Sanctae Luciae) was founded as the Diocese of Messina but was raised to the level of an archdiocese on September 30, 1986 with the merging with the former Diocese of Lipari (5th century) and the Territorial Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206), and as suffragans the Diocese of Patti and Diocese of Nicosia.

List of Archbishops of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

  • Ignazio Cannavò (from 1986–1997)
  • Giovanni Marra (1997–2006)
  • Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. (2006-2015)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela Wikipedia
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