Apostolic vicariate Thessaloniki, Greece
Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki
Thessalonicen(sis)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki is a Latin rite apostolic vicariate in northern Greece, established on 18 March 1926 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica and renamed in 1992. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and dependent on the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. The vicariate has been vacant under apostolic administrators since its only proper vicar apostolic was promoted to Naxos in 1929; it is currently administered by Archbishop Georgios Altouvas of Corfu.
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- Established
- 1926
- Catholics
- 8,100
- Priests
- 5
- Territory
- 57,550 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Ιερός Καθολικός Καθεδρικός και Ενοριακός Ναός της Αμιάντου Συλλήψεως της ΠαναγίαςΘεσσαλονίκη · CathedralView parish
- Ιερός Καθολικός Ενοριακός Ναός της Αμιάντου Συλλήψεως της ΠαναγίαςΒόλοςView parish
- Ιερός Καθολικός Ενοριακός Ναός της Ιεράς Καρδίας του ΙησούΛάρισαView parish
- Ιερός Ναός Αγίου ΙωσήφΑλεξανδρούποληView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Georgios Altouvas
- Born
- 28 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Athina
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The cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Thessaloniki stands in Thessaloniki, 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
In northern continental Greece, the Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Thessalonicensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, exempt to the Holy See and attached to no ecclesiastical province. It has had only one proper apostolic vicar, Alessandro Guidati, and since his promotion to Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in 1929 the see has remained vacant, governed by apostolic administrators. The vicariate's cathedra is found in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Thessaloniki.