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Metropolitan see Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

The Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia is a Latin rite archdiocese comprising the Ionian islands of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia in western Greece. Archbishop Georgios Altouvas, appointed in 2020, leads the archdiocese and also administers the Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki.

On the map

Esri
Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1274
Catholics
6,500
Priests
5
Territory
12,000 km²

Parishes and churches

7 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Georgios Altouvas
Born
28 September 1973
Birthplace
Athina

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint James and Saint Christopher stands in Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, 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 Ionian Islands of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia in western Greece together make up the Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cefalonia (Latin: Archdioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis), a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church.