Archdiocese of Athenai

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Archdiocese of Athenai {Athens}
Dioecesis Atheniensis
Statistics
Country: Greece
Metropolitan: Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 46,775 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
6,130,000 (2006)
100,000 (1.6%)
Cathedral: Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγ. Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου των Καθολικών, Athens
(Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysious)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Nikólaos Fóscolos

The Archdiocese of Athenai {Latin: Athenarum or Athenien(sis), Italian:Athenae, Greek:Αθήνα} is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Athens in Greece.

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[edit] History

  • 1205: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Athens
  • 1483: Suppressed as Titular Metropolitan See of Athenae
  • July 23, 1875: Restored as Archdiocese of Athenae

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Athenai (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Nikólaos Fóscolos (since 1973.06.25)
    • Archbishop Venedictos Printesis (1959.05.15 – 1972.11.17)
    • Archbishop Marius Macrionitis, S.J. (1953.03.11 – 1959.04.08)
    • Archbishop Marco Sigala (1947.05.29 – 1950.03.10)
    • Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci (1927.02.24 – 1947.05.29)
    • Archbishop Louis Petit (1912.03.04 – 1926.06.24)
    • Archbishop Antonio Delenda (1900.08.20 – 1911.08)
    • Archbishop Giovanni Marango (1875.07.23 – 1900?)

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