Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1274
- Patron
- Santo Espiridão
- Annuario code
- 001001211
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,500
- Population
- 200,000
- Catholic share
- 3.3%
- Priests
- 5
- Catholics per priest
- 1,300
- Extent
- 12,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Georgios Altouvas
- Born
- 28 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Athina
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 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.
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].