Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki
Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki Apostolicus Vicariatus Thessalonicensis Αποστολικό Βικαριάτο Θεσσαλονίκης | |
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Sede Vacante |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki (
Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Thessalonicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in northern continental Greece
.
It is
apostolic administrators
since its only proper apostolic vicar, Alessandro Guidati, was promoted Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in 1929.
Its cathedra is within the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Thessaloniki.[1]
History
The vicariate was established in 1926 as Apostolic Vicariate of Thessalonica, by
Greek Thrace and Thessaly
.
Upon the renaming of the episcopal see of Thessaloniki, the territory was renamed in 1992 as Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη).
Presence
In 2014, it served 7,376 Catholics (0.2% of the local population) on 57,550 km2 in 4 parishes and 4 missions with 10 priests (3 diocesan, 7 religious) and 16 lay religious (9 brothers, 7 sisters).[3]
Those churches include:
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Thessaloniki
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Larissa
- Immaculate Conception Church in Volos
- St. Paul's Church in Kavala
- St. Joseph's Church in Xanthi
- St. Joseph's Church in Alexandroupoli
Episcopal ordinaries
- Apostolic Vicars of Salonica
- Alessandro Guidati † (30 April 1927 – 15 July 1929), Nicopolis in Epiro(1947.02.22 – death 1952.06.25)
- "Temporary" Apostolic administratorsduring the long see vacancy since 1929
- Giovanni Battista Filippucci (1929 – 1947), while Archbishop of Apostolic Administrator of Chios(insular Greece) (1947.05.29 – 1959.11.06)
- Marco Sigala (1947 – 1950), while Archbishop of Athens (peninsular Greece) (1947.05.29 – death 1950.03.10); previously Apostolic Administrator of Santorini (insular Greece) (1946 – 1947)
- (insular Greece) (1947.02.22 – 1974.06.27)
- Marius Macrionitis, S.J. (1952 – death 1959.04.08), also Archbishop of Athens(peninsular Greece) (1953.03.11 – death 1959.04.08)
- Venedictos Printesis (1959.05.15 – 1962), while Archbishop of Athens(peninsular Greece) (1959.05.15 – retired 1972.11.17), died 2008
- Father Dimítrios Roussos, S.J. 1969 – 1992), no other prelature
- Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia(insular Greece) (1962.05.30 – retired 2003.03.22), died 2007
- Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (insular Greece) (2003.03.22 – 2020.09.14).[4]
- Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia(insular Greece) (2020.09.14 – ...)
References
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Thessalonica: Churches and Chapels". Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 18 (1926)
- ^ Apostolic Vicariate of Thessalonica from catholic-hierarchy.org, retrieved 19 January 2021
- ^ Apostolic Vicariate of Thessalonica: Apostolic Administrator