Metropolitan see Lecce, Italy
Archdiocese of Lecce
Lycien(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Lecce is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Apulia, Italy, elevated to metropolitan status in 1980. Angelo Raffaele Panzetta was appointed archbishop in June 2025, succeeding Michele Seccia.
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- Established
- 1057
- Catholics
- 295,280
- Priests
- 115
- Territory
- 750 km²
Parishes and churches
68 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Maria GorettiFrigoleView parish
- Santi Angeli CustodiSan Pietro VernoticoView parish
- Santi Angeli CustodiTorre dell’OrsoView parish
- Sant’Andrea ApostoloNovoliView parish
- Sant’Antonio AbateNovoliView parish
- Sant’Antonio AbateCarmianoMass times recorded
- Sant’Antonio da PadovaSan Cesario di LecceMass times recorded
- Sant’Antonio di PadovaLecceView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Angelo Raffaele Panzetta
- Born
- 26 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Pulsano
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The cathedral
Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta stands in Lecce, 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
A Latin Church territory in Apulia, southern Italy, the Archdiocese of Lecce (Latin: Archidioecesis Lyciensis) traces its diocesan existence to the 11th century. By the bull Cum a nobis of 28 September 1960, Pope John XXIII removed the diocese of Lecce from the ecclesiastical province of Otranto and placed it directly under the Holy See. Pope John Paul II then created the ecclesiastical province of Lecce in the bull Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae of 20 October 1980, at which point the Archdiocese of Otranto became a suffragan diocese.