Diocese of Chios
Chien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chios, Greece
The Diocese of Chios is a Latin rite see comprising the islands of Chios, Psara, Oinousses, Lesvos, Lemnos, Samos, Ikaria and Fourni in the eastern Aegean. The see has been vacant since the death of Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos in 1939 and is governed by apostolic administrators. Since 25 January 2021 the apostolic administrator has been Archbishop Josif Printezis of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Chien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001140
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 450
- Population
- 200,520
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 150
- Extent
- 4,116 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio)
- Josif Printezis
- Born
- 6 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Poseidonia
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
Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Chios stands in Chios, 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.
History
The island of Chios is home to the Diocese of Chios (Latin: Dioecesis Chiensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
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].