Diocese of Lungro
Lungren(sis)
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Byzantine tradition · Lungro, Italy
The Eparchy of Lungro is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite) in Calabria, Italy, erected on 13 February 1919 for Byzantine-rite Catholics of Albanian descent. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and is led by Eparch Donato Oliverio. Note: the source brief listed this as Latin rite, but it is in fact a Byzantine (Italo-Albanian) eparchy.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Byzantine tradition
- Erected
- 13 February 1919
- Latin
- Lungren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas
- Annuario code
- 001002069
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,000
- Population
- 32,175
- Catholic share
- 99.5%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 696
- Extent
- 493 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Eparch
- Donato Oliverio
- Born
- 5 March 1956
- Birthplace
- Cosenza
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 St. Nicholas of Myra, Lungro stands in Lungro, 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
About 28 km (17.5 mi) west-southwest of Cassano all'Jonio in Calabria, Italy, stands the town of Lungro, seat of an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic church sui iuris. In Italian the see is the Eparchia di Lungro; in Albanian, Eparhia e Ungrës.
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].