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The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church is therefore characterized by a specific ethnic group: the Albanians of Italy, Arbëreshë or Italo-Albanesi. The Albanian ethno-linguistic group of Italy has managed to maintain its identity, having in the clergy the strongest guardian and the fulcrum of ethnic identification.
The St. Nicholas of Myra Cathedral [1] (Italian: Cattedrale di S. Nicola di Mira Albanian: Kryekisha e Shën Kollit) or Albanian Catholic Cathedral of Lungro also called Lungro Cathedral It is the main church of the Catholic Eparchy of Lungro, [2] the Albanian seat for Calabria and continental Italy since 1919, which has jurisdiction over all the Albanian Catholic parishes of the South who ...
There are also four archdioceses which are non-metropolitan, having been demoted by papal decree. This brings the number of archbishops in Italy and Vatican City to 44 (i.e. 40 + 4). All the sees belong to the Latin Church apart from three Eastern Catholic sees of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church that use the Byzantine Rite in the Albanian ...
The Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italian: Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi; Arbëreshë Albanian: Eparhia e Horës së Arbëreshëvet) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, [2] an Eastern Catholic church sui iuris of Byzantine Rite, covering the island of Sicily in Italy.
The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral (Italian: Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio), also called Martorana, is the seat of the Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci (Albanian: Klisha e Shën Kollit së Arbëreshëvet), overlooking the Piazza Bellini, next to the Norman church of San Cataldo and facing the Baroque church of Santa Caterina, in Palermo, Italy ...
This jurisdiction of the Catholic Church preserved the Byzantine rite and the local language, and encompasses all the Arbëreshë-speaking communities in the area. The eparchy is part of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church. Lungro is also part of the largest nature reserve in Italy, the Pollino National Park.
The term Albanian Catholic Church can refer to: Catholic Church in Albania, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Albania; Albanian Greek Catholic Church or Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite in Albania; Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic ...
After the fall of communism in Albania, he was beatified in Shkodër along with thirty-seven other fellow Albanian Catholic Martyrs on 5 November 2016. [10] [11] On 26 September 1937, the abbey was made a territorial abbacy. [12] The Territorial Abbey also operates a rectory church in central Rome, Saint Basil at the Gardens of Sallust. [13]