Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro
The Catholic Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungres) is in Calabria, Italy of Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.
Eparchy of Lungro Eparchia Lungrensis Diocesi di Lungro | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 33,000[1] 32,900[1] (98.8[1]%) |
| Parishes | 29[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Italo-Albanian Catholic Church[2] |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite[3] |
| Established | 13 February 1919[3] |
| Cathedral | St Nicholas Cathedral, Lungro[4] |
| Patron saint | Saint Nicholas[3] |
| Secular priests | 41[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Donato Oliverio[3] |
| Bishops emeritus | Ercole Lupinacci[5] |
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| Website | |
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History
It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[1] the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily and Calabria.[6]
The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.[3]
| Population census | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1990 | 32,500 | — |
| 2000 | 32,800 | +0.09% |
| 2005 | 32,965 | +0.10% |
| 2009 | 32,900 | −0.05% |
| 2010 | 32,900 | +0.00% |
| Source: CNEWA[2] | ||
Bishops
- Giovanni Mele (10 March 1919 – 10 February 1979)
- Giovanni Stamati
- Apostolic Administrator (25 March 1967 – 20 February 1979) Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum
- Bishop (20 February 1979 – 7 June 1987)
- Ercole Lupinacci (30 November 1987 – 10 August 2010)
- Salvatore Nunnari, Apostolic Administrator (10 August 2010 – 5 December 2012) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano
- Donato Oliverio (5 December 2012 – present)[3]
Notes
- "Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- Roberson, Ronald G. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010" (PDF). Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. GCatholic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- "Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Mira". Churches. Giga Catholic Information. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- David M., Cheney. "Bishop Ercole Lupinacci". All Bishops. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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