Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo
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Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
Archdiocese of Palermo 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
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of Palermo is Paolo Romeo
Paolo Romeo
Paolo Romeo STL JCD is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Palermo. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2006.Romeo was the fifth of nine children...
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The archdiocese has the following suffragans:
- Diocese of Cefalu
- Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
- Archdiocese of Monreale
- Diocese of Trapani
List of Archbishops of Palermo
- HughHugh, Archbishop of PalermoHugh was an archbishop of Palermo. He was given the pallium by Pope Eugene III in 1150, but was denied the metropolitan authority previously granted by the Antipope Anacletus II....
(1150 – 1161) - Stephen du PercheStephen du PercheStephen du Perche was the chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily and Archbishop of Palermo during the early regency of his cousin, Queen Margaret of Navarre ....
(1167 – 1168) - Walter of the MillWalter of the MillWalter of the Mill , Italianised as Gualtiero Offamiglio or Offamilio and Latinised as Ophamilius , was the archdeacon of Cefalù, dean of Agrigento, and archbishop of Palermo , called il primo ministro...
(1168 – 1191) - Philip of VianaPhilip of VianaPhilip of Viana was the Archbishop of Palermo from 31 January 1477, when he received papal approval from Sixtus IV, to his renunciation of his see in 1485....
(1477 – 1488) - Thomas CajetanThomas CajetanThomas Cajetan , also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio , was an Italian cardinal. He is perhaps best known among Protestants for his opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation while he was the Pope's Legate in Wittenberg, and perhaps best known among...
(appointed 1517 - 1519) - Jean CarondeletJean CarondeletJean II Carondelet , was a Burgundian cleric, politician, jurist and one of the most important advisors to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He was a patron of Erasmus and a brother of Ferry Carondelet.-Life:...
(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 DoriaGiovanni DoriaGiovanni Doria , called Giannettino, the son of Giovanni Andrea Doria, 6th Prince of Melfi, and Princess Zenobia Doria del Carretto, 5th Princess of Melfi, who studied philosophy and theology in Spain being promoted to the Cardinalate at the instance of King Felipe II of Spain...
(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 BelmonteDomenico Pignatelli di Belmonte.Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.HSH Prince Don Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte was born on November 19, 1730 in Naples, Italy, the son of HSH Princess Donna Anna Francesca, Princess of Belmonte in her own right and 1st Princess of the Holy...
(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 CelesiaMichelangelo CelesiaMichelangelo Celesia OSB Cas was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1871 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1884.-Biography:...
(27 Oct 1871 - 14 Apr 1904) - Alessandro Cardinal Lualdi (14 Nov 1904 - 12 Nov 1927)
- Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano (29 Sep 1928 - Dec 1944)
- Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini (11 Oct 1945 - 11 Jun 1967)
- Francesco Cardinal Carpino (26 Jun 1967 - 17 Oct 1970)
- Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo (17 Oct 1970 - 4 Apr 1996)
- Salvatore Cardinal De GiorgiSalvatore Cardinal De GiorgiSalvatore De Giorgi is an Italian churchman, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo in Sicily.De Giorgi was born in Vernole, in Apulia . He was ordained as a priest in 1953 and first became a bishop in 1973, when he was made Titular Bishop of Tulana and an auxiliary bishop of Oria. Seven years later, in...
(4 Apr 1996 - 19 Dec 2006) - Paolo Cardinal RomeoPaolo RomeoPaolo Romeo STL JCD is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Palermo. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2006.Romeo was the fifth of nine children...
(19 Dec 2006 - )