Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monreale

The Archdiocese of Monreale (Latin: Montis Regalis Archidioecesis, Italian: Arcidiocesi di Monreale ) is a diocese located in Sicily the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.

It belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo in the church region of Sicily and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.

History

The Archdiocese of Monreale was in 1183 by Pope Lucius III. at the instigation of the King and his vice-chancellor Matheus as a political counterweight to the archbishopric of Palermo, whose bishop was elected under the old law by the chapter and not determined by the king, established. The basis was the monastery of S. Maria Nuova, founded in 1176 by ​​Wilhelm II.

By 2 December 2000, was a metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Monreale, which was dissolved by Pope John Paul II through the Apostolic Constitution Ad maiori consuluendum. The Archdiocese of Monreale was then a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo, but retained its status as an archbishopric at.

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