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Suffragan diocese Trapani, Italy

Diocese of Trapani

Drepanen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Trapani is a Latin diocese in western Sicily, Italy, erected in 1844 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palermo. Its current bishop is Pietro Maria Fragnelli, appointed in 2013.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr, Trapani, in Trapani, Italy.

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Established
1844
Catholics
194,327
Priests
70
Territory
1,089 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Pietro Maria Fragnelli
Born
9 March 1952
Birthplace
Crispiano

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr, Trapani stands in Trapani, 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.

History

At the far western end of Sicily, some 73 miles (117 kilometers) west of Palermo, sits the Diocese of Trapani (Latin: Dioecesis Drepanensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.

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