Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento

The Archdiocese of Agrigento (Latin: Archidioecesis Agrigentinus, Italian: Arcidiocesi di Agrigento ) is a diocese located in Sicily the Roman Catholic Church. It is the metropolitan diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Agrigento Region of Sicily in the church; its suffragan dioceses are the Diocese of Caltanissetta and the Diocese of Piazza Armerina.

History

According to tradition Libertinus was on the 3rd - 4th Century AD, the first bishop of Agrigento. One theory of the archaeologist Ernesto De Miro According to the Basilikula in the archaeological sites of Agrigento, it is a memorial to the Holy Libertinus and Pellegrinus with the graves of these two martyrs.

From a Bishop Gregory of Agrigentum, a Greek commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes is handed down. Another bishop named Gregor scored 680-681 to the participants of the Third Council of Constantinople Opel, a bishop Johannes 787 to those of the Second Council of Nicaea.

After the Arab domination of the original Byzantine bishopric was restored in the 12th century as a Latin bishopric. First bishop was St. Gerland of Besançon (approx. 1030-1100 ), the patron of the diocese, which also includes the Cathedral of Agrigento, it is dedicated. At this time, the territory of the diocese extended to the north coast of Sicily ( Termini Imerese ).

In 1844 the diocese borders parts of the territory of the diocese of Agrigento were assigned to the archdioceses Palermo and Monreale at a reorganization, from another part of the Diocese of Caltanissetta was built.

On 2 December 2000, with the Apostolic Constitution Ad maiori consulendum the ecclesiastical province of Monreale, Agrigento belonged to the diocese until then dissolved. The diocese of Agrigento was elevated to an archdiocese and metropolitan see with the suffragan dioceses of Caltanissetta and Piazza Armerina.

315232
de