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The Catholic Eparchy of Lungro is in Calabria, Italy of Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.

History

It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church^[2], the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily.^[3] The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.^[4]

The current bishop is Donato Oliverio appointed at 12 May 2012.

Bishops

• Giovanni Mele (03/10/1919 – 02/10/1979)
• Giovanni Stamati
  • Apostolic Administrator (03/25/1967 – 02/20/1979) Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum
  • Bishop (02/20/1979 – 06/07/1987)
• Ercole Lupinacci (11/30/1987 – 08/10/2010)
  • emeritus (08/10/2010- present)
• Salvatore Nunnari, Apostolic Administrator (08/10/2010 – 05/12/2012) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano^[4]
• Donato Oliverio (since 05/12/2012)

See also

• Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
• Lungro
• Arbëreshë

Notes

1. ^ Roberson, Ronald G.. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010". Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. http://www.cnewa.us/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat10.pdf. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
2. ^ "Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlung.html. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
3. ^  "Italo-Greeks". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. Giga-Catholic Information. http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/lung0.htm. Retrieved 08 January 2012. 

External links

• (Italian) Official page
• Info and multimedia from the Eparchy of Lungro