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Eastern Catholic eparchy in Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungrës) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[6] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite in Calabria, Italy.
Eparchy of Lungro Eparchia Lungrensis Eparchia di Lungro Eparhia e Ungrës | |
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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] |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| eparchialungro.it | |
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.[7]
The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
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