Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro

The Eparchy of Lungro (Italian: Eparchia di Lungro; Albanian: Eparhia e Ungrës) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,^[6] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite in Calabria, Italy.

Eparchy of Lungro Eparchia Lungrensis Eparchia di Lungro Eparhia e Ungrës
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Coordinates	39°45′0″N 16°7′12″E
Statistics
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 33,000[1] 32,900[1] (98.8[1]%)
Parishes	29[1]
Information
Denomination	Italo-Albanian Catholic Church[2]
Rite	Byzantine Rite[3]
Established	13 February 1919[3]
Cathedral	St Nicholas Cathedral, Lungro[4]
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas[3]
Secular priests	41[2]
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Donato Oliverio[3]
Bishops emeritus	Ercole Lupinacci[5]
Map
Website
eparchialungro.it

History

It was created in 1919, as an eparchy directly subject to the Holy See, for members of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church,^[1] the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite who had emigrated, mostly from Epirus and Albania, to Sicily and Calabria.^[7]

The diocese received territory from the Archdiocese of Rossano, Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio and Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano.^[3]

Population census

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	32,500	—
2000	32,800	+0.09%
2005	32,965	+0.10%
2009	32,900	−0.05%
2010	32,900	+0.00%
Source: CNEWA[2]

Ordinaries of Italia continentale of the Italo-Albanese Catholic Church

• Felice Samuele Rodotà † (17 September 1735 – 15 October 1740 died) from San Benedetto Ullano, titular archbishop of Beroe in Thrace.
• Nicolò De Marchis † (7 December 1742 – 2 June 1757 died) from Lungro, titular bishop of Nemesis in Thrace.
• Giacinto Archiopoli † (1757–1789) from San Demetrio Corone, titular bishop of Gallipoli in Thrace.
• Francesco Bugliari † (26 March 1792 – 17 August 1806 died) of Santa Sofia d'Epiro, titular bishop of Tagaste in today's Algeria.
• Domenico Bellusci † (18 September 1807 – 2 March 1833 died) of Frascineto, titular bishop of Sinope in today's Turkey.
• Gabriele De Marchis † (23 June 1833 – 18 April 1858 died) from Lungro, titular bishop of Tiberiopoli in Phrygia.
• Agostino Franco † (1858–1859) from Mezzojuso, titular bishop of Ermopoli Maggiore in today's Egypt.
• Giuseppe Bugliari † (10 September 1875 – 1888 deceased) from Santa Sofia d'Epiro, titular bishop of Dausara in Osroene.
• Giuseppe Schirò † (30 July 1889 – 29 November 1896) from Contessa Entellina, titular bishop of Gadara in Jordan and later archbishop holder of Neocesarea del Ponto.
• Giovanni Barcia † (24 April 1902 – 1912) from Palazzo Adriano, titular bishop of Croia in Albania.

Bishops of Lungro

• Giovanni Mele † (10 March 1919 – 10 February 1979 died)
• Giovanni Stamati † (20 February 1979 – 7 June 1987 died)
• Ercole Lupinacci † (30 November 1987 – 10 August 2010 withdrawn)
  • Salvatore Nunnari (10 August 2010 – 12 May 2012) (apostolic administrator)
• Donato Oliverio, from 12 May 2012

See also

• Arbëreshë people
• Byzantine Rite
• Italo-Albanian Catholic Church