Diocese of Piazza Armerina
Platien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Piazza Armerina, Italy
Latin rite diocese in Sicily, Italy, erected in 1817 by Pope Pius VII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agrigento and has been led by Bishop Rosario Gisana since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1817
- Latin
- Platien(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Most Holy of the Victories
- Annuario code
- 001002599
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 203,000
- Population
- 208,539
- Catholic share
- 97.3%
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 2,360
- Extent
- 2,003 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 101
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
- Rosario Gisana
- Born
- 14 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Modica
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
Cattedrale di Maria Santissima delle Vittorie stands in Piazza Armerina, 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 Agrigento
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Agrigento.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AgrigentoAgrigento
- Diocese of CaltanissettaCaltanissetta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Sicily, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Piazza Armerina (Latin: Dioecesis Platiensis), a Catholic see suffragan to the archdiocese of Agrigento.
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].