Archdiocese of Monreale
Archidioecesis Montis Regalis
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Monreale Cathedral
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Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Palermo |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,509 km2 (583 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 258,368 255,150 (est.) (98.8%) |
Parishes | 69 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1176 (847–848 years ago) |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria La Nuova |
Secular priests | 110 (diocesan) 26 (Religious Orders) 11 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Gualtiero Isacchi |
Bishops emeritus | Michele Pennisi Salvatore Di Cristina |
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Website | |
www.diocesimonreale.it |
The Archdiocese of Monreale (Latin: Archidioecesis Montis Regalis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic ChurchinSicily. As of 2000 it is no longer a metropolitan see, and is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.[1][2]
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In 1174 the abbey of Monreale was declared a prælatura nullius; two years later its abbot was vested with the title and jurisdiction of a bishop. On 2 February 1183, thanks to the Bull Licet DominusofPope Lucius III, Monreale became the metropolitan see for the diocese of Catania and the diocese of Siracusa.[3] At first the archbishops were elected by the monks, but were not always Benedictines; since 1275 the election has been reserved to itself by the Holy See.
In time[vague] the diocese of Girgenti and diocese of Caltagirone also became suffragan to Monreale; but Siracusa, in 1844, and Catania, in 1860, became archiepiscopal sees. The former having become the metropolitan of Caltagirone, Monreale received the new diocese of Caltanisetta (1860), which see and Girgenti became its only suffragans.
From 1775 to 1802 Monreale and Palermo were united under a single archbishop.[4]
Erected: 1176
Latin Name: Montis Regalis
Elevated: 5 February 1183
Latin Name: Montis Regalis
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Monreale". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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