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Roman Catholic Diocese of Acireale

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Catania

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
665 km²

Province
  
Province of Catania

Parishes
  
111

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Phone
  
+39 095 601102

Country
  
Italy

Roman Catholic Diocese of Acireale

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 227,700 225,000 (98.8%)

Established
  
27 June 1844 (172 years ago)

Address
  
Piazza del Duomo, 42, 95024 Acireale CT, Italy

Similar
  
Basilica di San Sebastiano, Chiesa Madonna delle Lacr, Parrocchia SMaria La Stella, Parrocchia Santa Maria De, Santuario S Alfio

Profiles

The Italian Catholic diocese of Acireale (Latin: Dioecesis Iaciensis) is in Sicily. It has existed since 1844. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Catania.

Bishops

  • Gerlando Maria Genuardi (1872-1907)
  • Giovanni Battista Arista (1907-1920)
  • Salvatore Bella (1920-1922)
  • Fernando Cento (1922-1926)
  • Evasio Colli (1927-1932)
  • Salvatore Russo (1932-1964)
  • Pasquale Bacile (1964-1979)
  • Giuseppe Malandrino (1979-1998)
  • Salvatore Gristina (1999-2002)
  • Pio Vittorio Vigo (2002-2011)
  • Antonino Raspanti (2011–present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Acireale Wikipedia