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
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 30,000
  • 28,500 (95%)
Parishes15
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 priests31
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopRaffaele De Angelis
Apostolic AdministratorFrancesco Montenegro
Map
Website
eparchiapiana.org

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, an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.