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Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi Planensis Albanensium Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| 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 | Francesco Montenegro |
| 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 an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,[2] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.
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