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Metropolitan see Siracusa, Italy

Archdiocese of Siracusa

Syracusan(us)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima, in Siracusa, Italy.

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Established
1844
Catholics
285,000
Priests
104
Territory
1,341 km²

Parishes and churches

69 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Francesco Lomanto
Born
2 March 1962
Birthplace
Mussomeli

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The cathedral

Cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima stands in Siracusa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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