Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athenai

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Archdiocese
name= Athenai {Athens}
latin= Dioecesis Atheniensis
country= Greece | metropolitan="Immediately Subject to the Holy See"
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγ. Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου των Καθολικών, Athens
("Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysious")
cocathedral =
area= 46,775
population= 6,130,000
population_as_of= 2006
catholics= 100,000
catholics_percent= 1.6
bishop= Nikólaos Fóscolos
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =

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.

History

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

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?)

ee also

*Roman Catholicism in Greece
*List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/athe0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dathe.html Catholic Hierarchy]