Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce

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Archdiocese of Lecce

Archidioecesis Lyciensis
File:Lecce cathedral main entrance.jpg
Lecce Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Lecce
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
260,988
258,225 (98.9%)
Parishes 76
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1057 (967 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio
Map
File:Lecce Diocesi.png
Website
www.diocesilecce.org

The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Lecce (Latin: Archidioecesis Lyciensis) in Apulia, southern Italy, has existed as a diocese since 1057. September 28, 1960 Pope John XXIII in the bull Cum a nobis separated the diocese of Lecce from the ecclesiastical province of Otranto and made immediately subject to the Holy See and October 20, 1980 Pope John Paul II in the bull Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae erected the ecclesiastical province of Lecce therefore the Archdiocese of Otranto joins..[1][2]

History

It was known to the ancients as Lupiæ. In the time of the Normans, Lecce became the seat of a county, some of its counts being famous, notably Tancred of Lecce, who contested with Emperor Henry VI the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and Gautier de Brienne, cousin of Tancred.

A bishop of Lecce is first mentioned in 1057, in the person of Teodoro Bonsecolo. Other notable bishops were:

Bishops and Archbishops of Lecce

References

  • De Simone, Lecce e i suoi dintorni (Lecce, 1874)
  • Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia, XXI.

Notes

  1. "Archdiocese of Lecce" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Bishop Tommaso Morganti" 'Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  4. "Bishop Curello Ciccaro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  5. "Bishop Tommaso Ammirato, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  6. "Bishop Antonio Ricci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  7. "Bishop Antonio de' Tolomei" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  8. "Bishop Giacomo Piscicelli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  9. "Bishop Giovanni Antonio Acquaviva d'Aragona" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  10. "Bishop Scipione Spina " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

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