Archdiocese of Rhodos
Rhodien(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Rhodos, Greece
The Archdiocese of Rhodes is a Latin rite archdiocese covering Rhodes and the Dodecanese islands of Greece, with its cathedra at St Francis of Assisi Cathedral in the city of Rhodes. The see is vacant and has been administered since 14 July 2021 by Archbishop Theodoros Kontidis of Athens as apostolic administrator, with day-to-day management entrusted to a Franciscan vicar general.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1928
- Latin
- Rhodien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002745
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,000
- Population
- 150,000
- Catholic share
- 1.3%
- Extent
- 2,714 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
St Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Rhodes stands in Rhodos, 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
Directly exempt to the Holy See and belonging to no ecclesiastical province, the Archdiocese of Rhodes (Latin: Archidioecesis Rhodiensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Greece. Over its history it has served at various times as a titular see and later as a metropolitan see. The archbishop's cathedra stands in St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral in the capital of the island of Rhodes, which shares the see's name. Two earlier cathedrals met different fates: Our Lady of the Castle became a mosque under Ottoman rule and now serves as a museum, while the former cathedral of St. John passed to use as a Greek Orthodox 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].