Diocese of Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela–Santissimo Salvatore

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The Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Sicily, Italy. It assumed its current name in 1986 by uniting the sees of Messina and Lipari with the Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela, and is led by Archbishop Giovanni Accolla.

Archbishop
Giovanni Accolla
Latin name
Messanen(sis)-Liparen(sis)-Sanctae Luciae
Erected
30 September 1986
Cathedral
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria SS. Assunta (Messina)
Co-cathedral
Concattedrale Archimandritato del Santissimo Salvatore (Messina); Concattedrale di San Bartolomeo (Lipari); Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Santa Lucia del Mela)
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela (Sicily)
Catholics
480,000
Chancery
Arcivescovado, Via Garibaldi 67, 98122 Messina, Italia
Telephone
Tel. 090.66.841; 090.66.84.204; fax 090.66.84.206

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002232 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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