Diocese of Cefalù
Cephaluden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cefalù, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Cefalù is a Latin Church diocese in Sicily, Italy, established in 1131. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo, and its cathedral is the Norman-era Basilica Cattedrale della Trasfigurazione. The current bishop is Giuseppe Marciante, appointed in 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1131
- Latin
- Cephaluden(sis)
- Patron
- María Santísima de Gibilmanna
- Annuario code
- 001001089
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 112,448
- Population
- 115,318
- Catholic share
- 97.5%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 2,008
- Extent
- 1,718 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Bishop
- Giuseppe Marciante
- Born
- 16 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Catania
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
Basilica Cattedrale della Trasfigurazione stands in Cefalù, 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 Palermo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palermo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Mazara del ValloMazara del Vallo
- Archdiocese of PalermoPalermo
- Diocese of TrapaniTrapani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In north-central Sicily, the Latin Diocese of Cefalù (Latin: Dioecesis Cephaludensis) carries a layered history. During the 8th and 9th centuries, under the Greek church, it was a suffragan of the metropolitanate of Syracuse in the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Latin rite diocese founded under the Normans in 1131 became instead a suffragan of the archdiocese of Messina, and in 2000 Pope John Paul II placed Cefalù under the Archdiocese of Palermo.
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].