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 of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi
Coat of arms
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 24,500 (est.) Decrease
  • 23,400 (est.) Decrease
Parishes16 Increase[1]
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 priests21 (diocesan) Decrease
2 (Religious Orders)[1]
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopRaffaele De Angelis
Map
Website
eparchiapiana.org
The Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicolas "dei Greci" to Martorana in Palermo.
Episcope and annexed Eparchial Seminary, heir to the destroyed Arbëreshë Seminary of Palermo (1734).

The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Arbëreshë Albanian: Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet; Italian: Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[2] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.

History

On 6 February 1784, was established the Ordinariate of Silicia, the first jurisdiction with on ordinary for this particular church sui iuris, and appointed to it the first titular bishop of the Byzantine Rite for the Albanians of Sicily: Giorgio Stassi, Titular Bishop of Lampsacus. Before, the Albanians faithful and their Orthodox priests they had no right and were at risk in assimilation in the Roman rite.

On 26 October 1937, the Eparchy of Piana dei Greci was created,[3] by promoting the Ordinariate of Silicia and transferring to it territories from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monreale (both on Sicily).

On 25 October 1941, the Eparchy (Diocese) of Piana dei Greci was renamed as Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi / Eparkia or Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet.[4]

Territory

The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi includes the comunes in province of Palermo: Contessa Entellina, Mezzojuso, Palazzo Adriano, Piana degli Albanesi and Santa Cristina Gela.

The seat of the eparchy is in the town of Piana degli Albanesi. The principal church of the town was designated by Pope Pius XI to be the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius the Martyr.[5]

In Palermo, there is the Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicolas "dei Greci" to Martorana.[4]

The territory is divided into 15 parishes.[1]

Ordinaries of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese Catholic Church

  • Giorgio Stassi (25 June 1784 – 26 March 1802)[6]
  • Giuseppe Guzzetta (March 29 1802 – 1813)[6]
  • Francesco Chiarchiaro (23 September 1813 – 1834)[6]
  • Giuseppe Crispi (20 December 1835 – 1859)[6]
  • Agostino Franco (1860 – 1877)[7]
  • Giuseppe Masi (29 January 1878 – 11 April 1903)[8]
  • Paolo Schirò (5 February 1904 – 12 September 1941)[9]

The bishops ordered from the Albanians of Sicily have been nominated for those Calabria:[10]

Bishops of Sicily

  ○ Cardinal Luigi Lavitrano, Archbishop of Palermo, Apostolic Administrator (1937–1946)[14]

In the period between 1937, the year of the erection of the eparchy. and 1967, Giuseppe Perniciaro, titular bishop of Albania (Arbanum) and auxiliary bishop and vicar general of Palermo, governed the diocese of Piana.

  ○ Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini, Archbishop of Palermo, Apostolic Administrator (1947–1967)[15]

  • Giuseppe Perniciaro (1967 – 1981 resigned)[16]
  • Ercole Lupinacci † (25 March 1981 – 30 November 1987 appointed Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro)
  • Sotir Ferrara † (15 October 1988 – 8 April 2013 retired)
    • Paolo Romeo (8 April 2013 – 31 March 2015) (apostolic administrator)
  • Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (2015–2020)[17]
  • Raffaele De Angelis (since 30 August 2025)

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
  3. ^ Pope Pius XI, "Apostolica Sedes", 26 October 1937, in: Acta Apostolica Sedis vol. 30 (1938), pp. 213-216.
  4. ^ a b "Diocese of Piana degli Abanesi". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  5. ^ Pius XI, "Apostolica Sedes", 26 October 1937, in Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 30 (1938), p. 215: "Huius autem dioecesis byzantini ritus sedem et episcopalem cathedram in Planensi Graecorum urbe statuimus in Ecclesia matre S. Demetrii Martyris; quam proinde ad cathedralis ecclesiae gradum et dignitatem evehimus et extollimus, cum omnibus iuribus et privilegiis, oneribus et obligationibus eidem iure communi adnexis."
  6. ^ a b c d Titular Bishop of Lampsaco.
  7. ^ already ordinating for the Albanians of Calabria, titular bishop of Ermopoli Maggiore.
  8. ^ Titular Bishop of Tempe.
  9. ^ Titular Bishop of Benda. Acta Sanctae Sedis 37 (1904), p. 319: "Ecclesiam titularem Episcopalem Beuden [Bendem], pro R. D. Paolo Schirò, ritus graeci, archidioeceseos Montis Regalis, deputato in Episcopum Ordinantem Iialo-Graecorum Siciliae."
  10. ^ Alberto Elli, a Brief history of the eastern catholic Churches (II.).
  11. ^ Titular Bishop of Ermopoli Maggiore.
  12. ^ Titular Archbishop of Neocesarea del Ponto.
  13. ^ Titular Bishop of Diocese of Croia.
  14. ^ (26 October 1937 – 20 December 1946)
  15. ^ Ruffini: (3 January 1947 – 11 June 1967)
  16. ^ Perniciaro was a native of Mezzojuso (Archdiocese of Monreale). He was appointed titular bishop of Arbanum (Albania) on 26 October 1937, by Pope Pius XI, and named auxiliary bishop of Piana dei Greci. He was promoted Bishop of Piana by Pope Paul VI on 12 July 1967, following the death of Cardinal Ruffini. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 59 (1967), p. 1013. He resigned on 31 May 1981, and died on 5 June 1981. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 73 (1981), p. 472.
  17. ^ Gallaro was a antive of Pozzallo (Diocese of Noto, Italy). He was a priest of Los Angeles CA (1972–1987), and was transferred to the Melkite Eparchy of Newton (Mass. USA) in September 1987. On 31 March 2015, he was appointed bishop of Piana by Pope Francis. He was made a consultor of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and on 4 February 2020, Pope Francis appointed him secretary of that Congregation. On 25 February 2020, Pope Francis appointed him secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and concurrently Titular Archbishop of Tricala. On 28 April, as Archbishop of Tricala, he was appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, for a five-year term. In 2023, having passed the age of 75, he relinquished his functions. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 107 (2015), p. 1078; vol. 112 (2020), pp. 345, 349, 779: "4 febbraio 2020 L’Ecc.mo Mons. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, col titolo personale di Arcivescovo, finora Vescovo dell’Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi di Sicilia e Consultore della Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali, Segretario della medesima Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali." "die 25 Februarii. — Titulari Episcopali Ecclesiae Trecalitanae Exc.mum P.D. Georgium Demetrium Gallaro, Congregationis pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus Secretarium, cum archiepiscopali dignitate.

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