Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo
| Archdiocese of Palermo Archidioecesis Panormitana | |
|---|---|
 Palermo Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Palermo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,366 km2 (527 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 960,000 930,000 (96.9%) |
| Parishes | 178 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di l’Assunzione di Maria |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Corrado Lorefice |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Salvatore De Giorgi Paolo Romeo |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.arcidiocesi.palermo.it | |
Map of the ecclesiastical province of Palermo.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo (Latin: Archidioecesis Panormitana) was founded as the Diocese of Palermo in the first century and raised to the status of archdiocese in the 11th century. The Archbishop of Palermo is Corrado Lorefice.
The archdiocese has the following suffragans:
List of Archbishops of Palermo
- Hugh (1150 – 1161)
- Stephen du Perche (1167 – 1168)
- Walter of the Mill (1168 – 1191)
- ...
- Matteo Orsini, O.P. (1334 - 1336 Resigned)
- ...
- Rinaldo Brancaccio (4 Aug 1410 - 1414 Resigned)
- ...
- Niccolò Tedeschi (9 Mar 1435 - 24 Feb 1445 Died)
- ...
- Giovanni Burgio (16 Nov 1467 - 1469 Died)
- Paolo Visconti (6 Sep 1469 - 1473 Died)
- Philip of Viana (Filippo di Navarra) (31 Jan 1477 - 1485 Resigned)
- Pierre de Foix (le jeune) (14 May 1485 - 6 Jul 1489 Appointed, Administrator of Malta)
- Giovanni Paternò, O.S.B. (6 Jul 1489 - 1511 Died)
- Francisco de Remolins (23 Jan 1512 - 5 Feb 1518 Died)
- Tommaso De Vio (Thomas Cajetan), O.P. (appointed 1 July, 1517 - resigned 8 February, 1518, never took possession)
- Giovanni Carandolet (Jean Carondelet)(19 Dec 1519 - 26 Mar 1544 Died)
- Pietro Tagliavia d’Aragonia (10 Oct 1544 - 5 Aug 1558 Died)
- Francisco Orozco de Arce (15 Mar 1559 - 11 Oct 1561 Died)
- Ottaviano Preconio, O.F.M. Conv. (18 Mar 1562 - 18 Aug 1568 Died)
- Juan Segría (Cengria) (16 Sep 1569 - 1570 Died)
- Giacomo Lomellino del Canto (10 Jan 1571 - 9 Aug 1575 Died)
- Cesare Marullo (11 Sep 1577 - 12 Nov 1588 Died)
- Diego Haëdo (14 Aug 1589 - 5 Jul 1608 Died)
- Giovanni Doria (5 Jul 1608 - 19 Nov 1642 Died)
- Fernando Andrade Castro (28 Nov 1644 - 6 Jul 1648 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Jaén)
- Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. (27 Aug 1650 - 15 Nov 1655 Died)
- Pietro Jerónimo Martínez y Rubio (15 Jan 1657 - 22 Nov 1667 Died)
- Juan Lozano (bishop), O.S.A. (4 Feb 1669 - 26 Apr 1677 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Plasencia)
- Jaime de Palafox y Cardona (8 Nov 1677 - 13 Nov 1684 Appointed, Archbishop of Seville)
- Ferdinando Bazan y Manriquez (1 Apr 1686 - 11 Aug 1702 Died)
- José Gasch (Casch), O.M. (26 Nov 1703 - 11 Jun 1729 Died)
- Giovanni Maurizio Gustavo ( 1730 - 1731 Died)
- Paolo Basile, O.F.M. Obs. (3 Sep 1731 - Jan 1736 Died)
- Domenico Rossi (Rosso e Colonna), O.S.B. (8 Jul 1737 - 6 Jul 1747 Died)
- José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. Disc. (19 Feb 1748 - 31 Oct 1753 Died)
- Marcello Papiniano-Cusani (11 Feb 1754 - 16 Jun 1762 Resigned)
- Serafino Filangeri, O.S.B. (23 Aug 1762 - 29 Jan 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Naples)
- Francesco Ferdinando Sanseverino, C.P.O. (15 Apr 1776 - 31 Mar 1793 Died)
- Filippo López y Rojo, C.R. (17 Jun 1793 - 4 Sep 1801 Resigned)
- Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, C.R. (29 Mar 1802 - 5 Feb 1803 Died)
- Raffaele Mormile, C.R. (28 Mar 1803 - 31 Dec 1813 Died)
- Pietro Gravina (23 Sep 1816 - 6 Dec 1830 Died)
- Gaetano Maria Giuseppe Benedetto Placido Vincenzo Trigona e Parisi (15 Apr 1833 - 5 Jul 1837 Died)
- Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R. (21 Feb 1839 - 10 May 1853 Died)
- Giovanni Battista Naselli, C.O. (27 Jun 1853 - 3 May 1870 Died)
- Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. (27 Oct 1871 - 14 Apr 1904 Died)
- Alessandro Lualdi (14 Nov 1904 - 12 Nov 1927 Died)
- Luigi Lavitrano (29 Sep 1928 - Dec 1944 Resigned)
- Ernesto Ruffini (11 Oct 1945 - 11 Jun 1967 Died)
- Francesco Carpino (26 Jun 1967 - 17 Oct 1970 Resigned)
- Salvatore Pappalardo (17 Oct 1970 - 4 Apr 1996 Retired)
- Salvatore De Giorgi (4 Apr 1996 - 19 Dec 2006 Retired)
- Paolo Romeo (19 Dec 2006 - 27 Oct 2015 Retired)
- Corrado Lorefice (27 Oct 2015 - )
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Coordinates: 38°06′56″N 13°25′41″E / 38.1156°N 13.4281°E
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