Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See Piana degli Albanesi, Italy
Diocese of Piana degli Albanesi
Planen(sis) Albanensium
Byzantine tradition
Italo-Albanian (Byzantine rite) eparchy in Sicily serving the Arbereshe communities, erected in 1937 and immediately subject to the Holy See. Raffaele De Angelis became eparch in 2025. Note: this is an Eastern Catholic eparchy, not a Latin rite diocese.
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- Established
- 1937
- Catholics
- 23,400
- Priests
- 21
- Territory
- 418 km²
Parishes and churches
14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parrocchia S. Nicolò dei Greci alla MartoranaPalermo · CathedralView parish
- Parrocchia Cattedrale San Demetrio MegalomartirePiana degli AlbanesiView parish
- Parrocchia Maria SS. AnnunziataMezzojusoView parish
- Parrocchia Maria SS. AssuntaPalazzo AdrianoView parish
- Parrocchia Maria SS. Della FavaraContessa EntellinaView parish
- Parrocchia Maria SS. Regina del MondoContessa EntellinaView parish
- Parrocchia S. Antonio il GrandePiana degli AlbanesiView parish
- Parrocchia S. Cristina V.M.Santa Cristina GelaView parish
- Parrocchia S. Maria del LumePalazzo AdrianoView parish
- Parrocchia S. Nicolò di MiraMezzojusoView parish
- Parrocchia S. Vito MartirePiana degli AlbanesiView parish
- Parrocchia San Giorgio MagalomartirePiana degli AlbanesiView parish
- Parrocchia SS. AnnunziataPiana degli AlbanesiView parish
- Parrocchia SS. Annunziata e S. NicolòContessa EntellinaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Raffaele De Angelis
- Born
- 24 October 1979
- Birthplace
- Castrovillari
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Demetrius the Martyr stands in Piana degli Albanesi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (La Martorana), Palermo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The whole island of Sicily in Italy falls under a single eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic church sui iuris: the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi. In Arbëreshë Albanian the see is called Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet, and in Italian, Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi.