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Roman Catholic Diocese of Piazza Armerina

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Parishes
  
75

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Italy

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
2,003 km²

Bishop
  
Rosario Gisana

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)224,000 (est.)216,000 (est.) (96.4%)

Established
  
3 July 1817 (199 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cattedrale di Maria SS. delle Vittorie

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento

The Italian Catholic diocese of Piazza Armerina (Latin: Dioecesis Platiensis) is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento.

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History

The diocese of Piazza Armerina was taken from the diocese of Catania, and was created in 1817. It was then a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siracusa. Its first bishop was Girolamo Aprile e Benzo. In 2013 in the diocese of Piazza Armerina there was one priest for every 1,588 Catholics.

Bishops

  • Girolamo Aprile e Benso † (2 Oct 1818 - 1836 Died)
  • Pietro Naselli, C.O. † (15 Feb 1838 - 13 Jul 1840 Resigned)
  • Pier Francesco Brunaccini, O.S.B. † (17 Jun 1844 - 24 Nov 1845) Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale
  • Cesare Agostino Sajeva † (19 Jan 1846 - 1867 Died)
  • Saverio Gerbino † (23 Feb 1872 - 14 Mar 1887 Appointed, Bishop of Caltagirone)
  • Mariano Palermo † (14 Mar 1887 - 9 Feb 1903 Died)
  • Mario Sturzo † (22 Jun 1903 - 12 Nov 1941 Died)
  • Antonino Catarella † (10 Jan 1942 - 29 Oct 1970 Retired)
  • Sebastiano Rosso † (18 Nov 1970 - 8 Jan 1986 Retired)
  • Vincenzo Cirrincione † (8 Jan 1986 - 12 Feb 2002 Died)
  • Michele Pennisi (21 Apr 2002 - 8 Feb 2013) Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale
  • Rosario Gisana (2014 – )

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    Roman Catholic Diocese of Piazza Armerina Wikipedia
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