Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento
The Archdiocese of Agrigento (Latin: Archidioecesis Agrigentina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy. The historic diocese of Agrigento was also known as the Diocese of Girgenti, and Diocese of Agrigentum. It used to be a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monreale. A metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Agrigento has two suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
Archdiocese of Agrigento Archidioecesis Agrigentina | |
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Agrigento Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Agrigento |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,041 km2 (1,174 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 448,830 (est.) 428,670 (est.) (95.5%) |
| Parishes | 194 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Gerlando |
| Secular priests | 228 (diocesan) 41 (Religious Orders) 44 Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Alessandro Damiano |
| Vicar General | Giuseppe Cumbo |
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| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesiag.it | |
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