Diocese of Nicosia
Nicosien(sis) seu Herbiten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nicosia, Italy, Italy
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 March 1817
- Latin
- Nicosien(sis) seu Herbiten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas of Bari
- Annuario code
- 001002392
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 70,610
- Population
- 71,610
- Catholic share
- 98.6%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 2,017
- Extent
- 1,475 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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
- Bishop
- Giuseppe Schillaci
- Born
- 8 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Adrano
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
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.
The province of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PattiPatti
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].