Archdiocese of Agrigento
Agrigentin(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Agrigento, Italy
The Archdiocese of Agrigento is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Sicily, Italy, elevated to metropolitan status in 2000. Its suffragan sees are Caltanissetta and Piazza Armerina, and its patron is Saint Gerland.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1093
- Latin
- Agrigentin(us)
- Patron
- Saint Gerland of Agrigento
- Annuario code
- 001000612
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 386,000
- Population
- 411,800
- Catholic share
- 93.7%
- Priests
- 195
- Catholics per priest
- 1,979
- Extent
- 3,041 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 127
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Alessandro Damiano
- Born
- 13 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Trapani
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cattedrale di San Gerlando stands in Agrigento, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Agrigento
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaltanissettaCaltanissetta
- Diocese of Piazza ArmerinaPiazza Armerina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church archdiocese in Sicily, Italy, Agrigento (Latin: Archidioecesis Agrigentina) was known in its historic form by the colloquial names Diocese of Girgenti and Diocese of Agrigentum. From 1183 the see was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monreale. Raised to metropolitan rank in 2000, it now presides over an ecclesiastical province containing two suffragan dioceses.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].