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Diocese of Santorini {Thira}

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Bishop(s)

  • Petros Stefanou, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1204
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos
  • Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Greece
  • Square Kilometers: 393 (151 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Katholiki Episkopi, 84700 Thira, Hellas

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1204ErectedDiocese of Santorini {Thira} (erected)
30 March 1930Territory LostDiocese of Chios (Scio) (Patmon)
Diocese of Santorini {Thira} (Astypalaea)
Archdiocese of Rhodos {Rhodes} (Lisson)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195018410,5001.8%314461141ap1951
19701368,9001.5%1113681ap1971
19807311,150.7%117351ap1981
19908810,450.8%112441121ap1991
19999712,366.8%11971111ap2000
200035012,3662.8%113501111ap2001
200135012,3662.8%113501131ap2004
200445012,3663.6%114501131ap2005
201049512,3664.0%11495141ap2011
201450012,3664.0%1150011161ap2015
201750012,3604.0%11500171ap2018
202050012,5004.0%11500151ap2021
202250012,5004.0%11500151ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 433
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 229
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 291
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 304
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 343
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 366
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 408, to Page 409

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