Archbishop of Palermo

Archdiocese of Palermo Archidioecesis Panormitana
Palermo Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Palermo
Statistics
Area	1,366 km² (527 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 960,000 930,000 (96.9%)
Parishes	178
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di l’Assunzione di Maria
Current leadership
Pope	Template:Incumbent pope
Archbishop	Paolo Romeo
Auxiliary Bishops	Carmelo Cuttitta
Emeritus Bishops	Salvatore De Giorgi
Map

Website
www.arcidiocesi.palermo.it

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo (Latin: Archidioecesis Panormitana) was founded as the Diocese of Palermo in the 1st Century but was raised to the level of an archdiocese in the 11th century. The current Archbishop of Palermo is Paolo Romeo.

The archdiocese has the following suffragans:

List of Archbishops of Palermo

Hugh (1150 – 1161)
Stephen du Perche (1167 – 1168)
Walter of the Mill (1168 – 1191)
Philip of Viana (1477 – 1488)
Thomas Cajetan (appointed 1517 - 1519)
Jean Carondelet (1519 - 1545)
Francisco Orozco de Arce (15 Mar 1559 - 11 Oct 1561)
Juan Segría (26 Sep 1569 - ?)
Diego Haedo (14 Aug 1589 - 5 Jul 1608)
Giovanni Doria (5 Jul 1608 Succeeded - 19 Nov 1642 Died)
Fernando Andrade Castro (28 Nov 1644 Appointed - 6 Jul 1648)
Martín de Leon Cárdenas (27 Aug 1650 - 15 Nov 1655)
Juan Lozano (4 Feb 1669 - 26 Apr 1677)
Jose Casch (26 Nov 1703 - 11 Jun 1724)
Pablo Vilana Perlas (12 May 1723 - May 1729)
Jose Alfonso Meléndez (19 Feb 1748 - 31 Oct 1753)
Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte (29 Mar 1802 - 5 Feb 1803)
Pietro Gravina (23 Sep 1816 - 6 Dec 1830)
Gaetano Trigona e Parisi (15 Apr 1833 - 5 Jul 1837)
Ferdinando Pignatelli (21 Feb 1839 - 10 May 1853)
Michelangelo Celesia (27 Oct 1871 - 14 Apr 1904)
Alessandro Lualdi (14 Nov 1904 - 12 Nov 1927)
Luigi Lavitrano (29 Sep 1928 - Dec 1944)
Ernesto Ruffini (11 Oct 1945 - 11 Jun 1967)
Francesco Carpino (26 Jun 1967 - 17 Oct 1970)
Salvatore Pappalardo (17 Oct 1970 - 4 Apr 1996)
Salvatore De Giorgi (4 Apr 1996 - 19 Dec 2006)
Paolo Romeo (19 Dec 2006 - )

External links

Official site

Template:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo

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Archbishop of Palermo