Archdiocese of Siracusa
Syracusan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Siracusa, Italy
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Sicily, Italy, with ancient origins traditionally traced to the apostolic era and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1844. It is the metropolitan see of its own ecclesiastical province, and Francesco Lomanto has been archbishop since 2020. Listed in the source as a diocese, it is in fact an archdiocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1844
- Latin
- Syracusan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Lucy
- Annuario code
- 001003073
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 285,000
- Population
- 294,901
- Catholic share
- 96.6%
- Priests
- 104
- Catholics per priest
- 2,740
- Extent
- 1,341 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 213
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
- Archbishop
- Francesco Lomanto
- Born
- 2 March 1962
- Birthplace
- Mussomeli
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 della Natività di Maria Santissima stands in Siracusa, 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 Siracusa
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Sicily, the Latin Church maintains the Archdiocese of Siracusa or Syracuse (Latin: Archidioecesis Syracusana), which attained archdiocesan rank in 1844. Francesco Lomanto is the current archbishop.
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].