Suffragan diocese Nicosia, Italy
Diocese of Nicosia
Nicosien(sis) seu Herbiten(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Nicosia is a Latin Rite diocese in the Province of Enna, Sicily, erected in 1817 by Pope Pius VII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela and has been led by Bishop Giuseppe Schillaci since 2022.
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- Established
- 1817
- Catholics
- 70,610
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 1,475 km²
Parishes and churches
43 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Nicola di BariNicosia · CathedralView parish
- Santa Maria AsssuntaSperlinga · CathedralView parish
- Immacolata ConcezioneCenturipeView parish
- Maria Santissima del CarmeloTroinaMass times recorded
- Maria Santissima della CatenaGagliano CastelferratoView parish
- Sacro Cuore di GesùCenturipeView parish
- San BasilioRegalbutoMass times recorded
- San BenedettoCeramiView parish
- San CataldoCeramiView parish
- San DomenicoRegalbutoView parish
- San Filippo d’AgiraAgiraMass times recorded
- San Gabriele dell’AddolorataNicosiaView parish
- San Giorgio MartireRegalbutoView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaLeonforteView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaSperlingaView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaVilladoroView parish
- San GiuseppeLeonforteView parish
- San GiuseppeAssoroView parish
- San GiuseppeNissoriaView parish
- San LeoneAssoroView parish
- San Matteo ApostoloTroinaMass times recorded
- San MicheleNicosiaView parish
- San Paolo ApostoloNicosiaView parish
- San PietroAgiraView parish
- San SebastianoTroinaView parish
- Santa CroceNicosiaMass times recorded
- Santa MargheritaAgiraView parish
- Santa MargheritaVillaggio Santa MargheritaView parish
- Santa Maria degli AngeliTroinaView parish
- Santa Maria delle GrazieGagliano CastelferratoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Giuseppe Schillaci
- Born
- 8 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Adrano
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The cathedral
Nicosia Cathedral stands in Nicosia, 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 Sicily, about 80 km directly west of Mount Etna, lies the city of Nicosia, seat of the Latin Diocese of Nicosia (Latin: Dioecesis Nicosiensis seu Herbitensis). The see is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.