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Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Archidioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Georgios Altouvas, Archbishop
  • Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

(none)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • United: 3 June 1919
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Greece
  • Square Kilometers: 12,000 (4,635 Square Miles)
  • Description: The islands of Kephallonia and Zakinthos
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catholic-church-corfu.org/
  • Mailing Address: Archeveche Catholique, Montsenigou 3, 49100 Kerkyra, Hellas
  • Telephone: (26610)30.277
  • Fax: 31.675

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Archdiocese of Corfù
1310ErectedArchdiocese of Corfù (erected)
Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
3 June 1919UnitedArchdiocese of Corfù
Diocese of Cefalonia e Zante
Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
10 March 1926Territory AddedArchdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo) (Epirus, Greece) Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
19503,800220,0001.7%5384753104ap1951
19702,7001,200,000.2%538337376ap1971
19802,7001,278,000.2%3473854107ap1981
19903,0001,200,000.3%2465004106ap1991
19993,8001,288,000.3%448475486ap2000
20003,8001,200,000.3%448475486ap2001
20013,8001,200,000.3%437542396ap2002
20023,8001,200,000.3%437542396ap2003
20033,8001,200,000.3%437542496ap2004
20043,8001,200,000.3%437542396ap2005
20063,8001,200,000.3%437542383ap2007
20133,843121,7003.2%538480384ap2014
20163,820120,6003.2%415764473ap2017
20193,500120,0002.9%331,166373ap2020
20213,490119,8502.9%331,1631363ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Corfù
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 209
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 136
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 177, and Page 178
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 164
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 172
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 182
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 399, to Page 400
  • Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 11, Page 262
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 18, Page 481, and Page 482

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