Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

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Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

The Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy. In its current form, it has existed since 1986, when Catanzaro became a metropolitan see and was merged with Squillace. The archdiocese's seat is in Catanzaro, and the Squillace cathedral serves as a co-cathedral.

Key facts
- Rite: Latin/Roman Rite
- Area: 1,806 square kilometers
- Population (approx. 2023): 242,000 people
- Catholics: about 241,560 (roughly 99.6%)
- Parishes: 122
- Clergy: 129 diocesan priests, 1 priest from a religious order, 25 permanent deacons
- Cathedrals: Cathedral of the Assumption (Catanzaro) and the Co-cathedral of the Assumption (Squillace)
- Current leader: Metropolitan Archbishop Claudio Maniago
- Emeritus bishop: Vincenzo Bertolone

Website
- www.diocesicatanzarosquillace.it

History in brief
- The roots go back to the early 12th century with the diocese of Tres Tabernae in Catanzaro; over time it became a suffragan of Reggio Calabria.
- In 1927, Pope Pius XI raised Catanzaro to archbishopric status and it became directly subject to Rome; from then until 1986, the archbishop of Catanzaro also served as bishop of Squillace (aeque personaliter).
- On 30 September 1986, Pope John Paul II merged Catanzaro and Squillace into one diocese, creating Archidioecesis Catacensis-Squillacensis, with Catanzaro as the seat and Squillace as a co-cathedral.
- In 1989, fifteen parishes were transferred to Locri-Gerace, and five parishes were received from nearby dioceses.
- On 30 January 2001, the archdiocese was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese with the suffragan dioceses of Crotone-Santa Severina and Lamezia Terme.