Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See Rhodos, Greece
Archdiocese of Rhodos
Rhodien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1928
- Catholics
- 2,000
- Priests
- 2
- Territory
- 2,714 km²
Parishes and churches
3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Church of St. Francis of AssisiRhodes · CathedralView parish
- Church of Our Lady of Victory (Sancta Maria)RhodesView parish
- Church of the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei Parish), KosKosView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. 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.