Archdiocese of Catanzaro–Squillace
Catacen(sis)-Squillacen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Catanzaro–Squillace, Italy, Italy
The Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Calabria, Italy. The see of Catanzaro dates to 1121, was elevated to an archdiocese in 1927, and took its current combined name in 1986. Its suffragans are Crotone-Santa Severina and Lamezia Terme, and the current archbishop is Claudio Maniago.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Catacen(sis)-Squillacen(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Vitaliano de Capua<li>san Acacio de Bizancio
- Annuario code
- 001001081
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 241,560
- Population
- 242,550
- Catholic share
- 99.6%
- Priests
- 129
- Catholics per priest
- 1,873
- Extent
- 1,806 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 134
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
- Claudio Maniago
- Born
- 8 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Firenze
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 S. Maria Assunta stands in Catanzaro–Squillace, 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 Catanzaro-Squillace
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Crotone–Santa SeverinaCrotone–Santa Severina
- Diocese of Lamezia TermeLamezia Terme
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The present form of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace (Latin: Archidioecesis Catacensis-Squillacensis), a Latin Church see in Calabria, dates from 1986, the year the Archdiocese of Catanzaro was made a metropolitan see and joined with the diocese of Squillace.
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].