Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi

Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi

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Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi
Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet
Coat of arms
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 30,000
  • 28,500 (95%)
Parishes15
Information
DenominationItalo-Albanian Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established26 October 1937
CathedralCathedral of St Demetrius the Martyr (Piana degli Albanesi)
Co-cathedralSt. Mary of the Admiral (Palermo)
Patron saintDemetrius
Secular priests31
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopSede vacante
Apostolic AdministratorFrancesco Montenegro
Bishops emeritusErcole Lupinacci,
Sotir Ferrara
Map
Website
eparchiapiana.org

The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italian: Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi; Arbëreshë Albanian: Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.