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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento
Latin Catholic archdiocese in Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archdiocese of Agrigento (Latin: Archidioecesis Agrigentina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy.[1][2][3] The historic diocese of Agrigento was also known as the Diocese of Girgenti, and Diocese of Agrigentum. It used to be a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monreale. A metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Agrigento has two suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
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Archdiocese of Agrigento Archidioecesis Agrigentina | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Agrigento |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,041 km2 (1,174 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 448,830 (est.) 428,670 (est.) (95.5%) |
Parishes | 194 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Gerlando |
Secular priests | 228 (diocesan) 41 (Religious Orders) 44 Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Alessandro Damiano |
Vicar General | Giuseppe Cumbo |
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Website | |
www.diocesiag.it |
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