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Vicariate Apostolic of Thessaloniki

Vicariatus Apostolicus Thessalonicensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Georgios Altouvas, Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Vicariate Apostolic
  • Erected: 18 March 1926
  • Vicariate
  • Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Greece
  • Square Kilometers: 56,793 (21,936 Square Miles)
  • Description: Thessaloniki, Kavala, Xanthi, Volos, Larisa, and Giannitsa.
  • Official Web Site: http://www.cathenoria-thes.org/
  • Mailing Address: Kolokotroni 19, 54625 Thessaloniki, Hellas
  • Telephone: (2310)654.256

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 March 1926ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Constantinople (Macedonia and Thrace, Greece) Vicariate Apostolic of Thessaloniki (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19502,5004462512232ap1951
19702,1352,135100.0%1782662027ap1971
19802,5003,000,000.1%6641613234ap1981
19902,7503,000,000.1%5555010126ap1991
19994,0003,501,000.1%246666937ap2000
20004,0003,501,000.1%246666936ap2001
20014,0003,501,000.1%246666888ap2002
20024,0003,501,000.1%246666888ap2003
20034,0003,501,000.1%235800788ap2004
20044,0003,501,000.1%246666888ap2005
20108,1003,574,000.2%3581,012884ap2011
20147,3763,560,000.2%3710737974ap2015
20176,6003,592,021.2%332,200754ap2018
20206,4003,594,500.2%551,2801097ap2021
20226,2933,593,994.2%551,258566ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 18, Page 483, and Page 484

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