Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi Planensis Albanensium Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 30,000 28,500 (95%) |
| Parishes | 15[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Italo-Albanian Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 26 October 1937 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Demetrius the Martyr (Piana degli Albanesi) |
| Co-cathedral | St. Mary of the Admiral (Palermo) |
| Patron saint | Demetrius |
| Secular priests | 31[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | sedes vacans |
| Apostolic Administrator | Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro |
| Bishops emeritus | Ercole Lupinacci, Sotir Ferrara |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| eparchiapiana.org | |
The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italian: Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi; Arbëreshë Albanian: Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet) is a eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[2] Eastern Catholic sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.
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.[citation needed]
On 26 October 1937, the Eparchy of Piana dei Greci was created 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).[citation needed]
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.[3]
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.[citation needed]
The eparchy see is the town of Piana degli Albanesi, where the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius the Martyr is located.[citation needed]
In Palermo, there is the Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicolas "dei Greci" to Martorana.[3]
The territory is divided into 15 parishes.[1]
The bishops ordered from the Albanians of Sicily have been nominated for those Calabria:[8]
