Eparchy of Lungro
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Eparchy of Lungro Eparchia Lungrensis Diocesi di Lungro |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 33,000 32,900 (98.8%) |
| Parishes | 29 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | February 13, 1919 |
| Cathedral | St. Nicholas Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Nicholas |
| Secular priests | 41 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Donato Oliverio |
| Emeritus Bishops | Ercole Lupinacci |
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| Website | |
| eparchialungro.it | |
The Catholic Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungres) is in Calabria, Italy of Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church.
It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily and Calabria. The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.
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