Diocese of Piana degli Albanesi

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Italo-Albanian (Byzantine rite) eparchy in Sicily serving the Arbereshe communities, erected in 1937 and immediately subject to the Holy See. Raffaele De Angelis became eparch in 2025. Note: this is an Eastern Catholic eparchy, not a Latin rite diocese.

Eparch
Raffaele De Angelis
Latin name
Planen(sis) Albanensium
Erected
26 October 1937
Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Demetrius the Martyr (Piana degli Albanesi)
Co-cathedral
Concattedrale di Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (La Martorana), Palermo
Patron
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Rank
Eparchia Immediatamente Soggetta Alla S.s.
Rite
Latin
Province
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Catholics
23,400
Chancery
Piazza San Nicola 1, 90037 Piana degli Albanesi [Palermo], Italia
Telephone
Tel. e fax 091.85.71.029
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: official site + Wikipedia · Annuario code 001002598 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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