Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro

Eparchy of Lungro Eparchia Lungrensis Eparchia di Lungro Eparhia e Ungrës


Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 33,000^[2] 32,900^[2] (98.8^[2]%)
Parishes	29^[2]
Information
Denomination	Italo-Albanian Catholic Church^[1]
Rite	Byzantine Rite^[3]
Established	13 February 1919^[3]
Cathedral	St Nicholas Cathedral, Lungro^[4]
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas^[3]
Secular priests	41^[1]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Donato Oliverio^[3]
Bishops emeritus	Ercole Lupinacci^[5]
Map

Website
eparchialungro.it

The Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungrës) is a eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,^[6] Eastern Catholic sui iuris of Byzantine Rite in Calabria, Italy.

History

It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,^[2] the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily and Calabria.^[7]

Felice Samuele Rodotà † (17 September 1735 – 15 October 1740 died) from San Benedetto Ullano, titular archbishop of Beroe in Thrace.
Nicolò De Marchis † (7 December 1742 – 2 June 1757 died) from Lungro, titular bishop of Nemesis in Thrace.
Giacinto Archiopoli † (1757–1789) from San Demetrio Corone, titular bishop of Gallipoli in Thrace.
Francesco Bugliari † (26 March 1792 – 17 August 1806 died) of Santa Sofia d'Epiro, titular bishop of Tagaste in today's Algeria.
Domenico Bellusci † (18 September 1807 – 2 March 1833 died) of Frascineto, titular bishop of Sinope in today's Turkey.
Gabriele De Marchis † (23 June 1833 – 18 April 1858 died) from Lungro, titular bishop of Tiberiopoli in Phrygia.
Agostino Franco † (1858–1859) from Mezzojuso, titular bishop of Ermopoli Maggiore in today's Egypt.
Giuseppe Bugliari † (10 September 1875 – 1888 deceased) from Santa Sofia d'Epiro, titular bishop of Dausara in Osroene.
Giuseppe Schirò † (30 July 1889 – 29 November 1896) from Contessa Entellina, titular bishop of Gadara in Jordan and later archbishop holder of Neocesarea del Ponto.
Giovanni Barcia † (24 April 1902 – 1912) from Palazzo Adriano, titular bishop of Croia in Albania.

Giovanni Mele † (10 March 1919 – 10 February 1979 died)
Giovanni Stamati † (20 February 1979 – 7 June 1987 died)
Ercole Lupinacci † (30 November 1987 – 10 August 2010 withdrawn)
- Salvatore Nunnari (10 August 2010 – 12 May 2012) (apostolic administrator)
Donato Oliverio, from 12 May 2012

^ ^a ^b ^c Roberson, Ronald G. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010" (PDF). Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. GCatholic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
^ "Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Mira". Churches. Giga Catholic Information. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
^ David M., Cheney. "Bishop Ercole Lupinacci". All Bishops. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
^ Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Italo-Greeks" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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