Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See Lungro, Italy
Diocese of Lungro
Lungren(sis)
Byzantine tradition
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.
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- Established
- 1919
- Catholics
- 32,000
- Priests
- 46
- Territory
- 493 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parrocchia Cattedrale San Nicola di Mira - in Lungro CSLungro · CathedralView parish
- Parrocchia Esaltazione della Santa Croce - San Paolo Albanese PZSan Paolo AlbaneseView parish
- Parrocchia San Basilio Magno in Eianina (frazione di Frascineto) CSFrascinetoView parish
- Parrocchia San Benedetto Abate in San Benedetto Ullano CSSan Benedetto UllanoView parish
- Parrocchia San Costantino il Grande in San Costantino Albanese PZSan Costantino AlbaneseView parish
- Parrocchia San Demetrio Megalomartire in San Demetrio Corone CSSan Demetrio CoroneView parish
- Parrocchia San Giorgio Megalomartire in San Giorgio Albanese CSSan Giorgio AlbaneseView parish
- Parrocchia San Giovanni Battista in Plataci CSPlataciView parish
- Parrocchia San Giovanni Battista in Acquaformosa CSAcquaformosaView parish
- Parrocchia San Giovanni Battista in San Basile CSSan BasileView parish
- Parrocchia San Giovanni Crisostomo in Piano dello Schiavo di FirmoFirmoView parish
- Parrocchia San Giuseppe in Marri di San Benedetto UllanoSan Benedetto UllanoView parish
- Parrocchia San Mauro in Cantinella di Corigliano Calabro CSCorigliano CalabroView parish
- Parrocchia San Michele Arcangelo in Falconara Albanese CSFalconara AlbaneseView parish
- Parrocchia San Michele Arcangelo in Sofferetti di San Demetrio Corone CSSan Demetrio CoroneView parish
- Parrocchia San Nicola di Mira in Farneta di Castroregio CSCastroregioView parish
- Parrocchia Sant' Atanasio il Grande in Santa Sofia d'Epiro CSSanta Sofia d'EpiroView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria ad Nives in CastroregioCastroregioView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo in FirmoFirmoView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta in CivitaCivitaView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta in FrascinetoFrascinetoView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta in Villa Badessa di Rosciano PERoscianoView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria di Costantinopoli in Macchia Albanese di San Demetrio Corone CSSan Demetrio CoroneView parish
- Parrocchia Santa Maria di Costantinopoli in Vaccarizzo AlbaneseVaccarizzo AlbaneseView parish
- Parrocchia Santi Pietro e Paolo in San Cosmo AlbaneseSan Cosmo AlbaneseView parish
- Parrocchia Santissimo Salvatore in LungroLungroView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Donato Oliverio
- Born
- 5 March 1956
- Birthplace
- Cosenza
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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.