Diocese of Piazza Armerina

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Diocese of Piazza Armerina
Diocese of Piazza Armerina

The Italian Catholic diocese of Piazza Armerina is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento.[1]

[edit] History

The diocese of Piazza Armerina was taken from the diocese of Catania, and was created in 1817. It was then a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siracusa. Its first bishop was Girolamo Aprile e Benzi.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

[edit] External link

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

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