Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

The Archdiocese of Catanzaro - Squillace (Latin Archidioecesis Catacensis - Squillacensis, Italian Archidiocesi di Catanzaro - Squillace ) is a located in Italy Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic church located in Catanzaro.

The Archdiocese was established in its current structure by on 30 September 1986 decreed by Pope John Paul II unification of the formerly independent, founded in the 4th century diocese of Squillace with the Archdiocese of Catanzaro, which was founded in 1121 as the Diocese of Catanzaro and on June 5, 1927 by Pope Pius XI. had been raised to an archbishopric without Metropolitan seat. On 30 January 2001 it rose John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Maiori christifidelium to Metropolitanerzbistum and ordered that the Archdiocese of Crotone - Santa Severina and the diocese as suffragan dioceses to Lamezia Terme.

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