Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce
Archdiocese of Lecce Archidioecesis Lyciensis | |
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Lecce Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lecce |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 750 km2 (290 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 77 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta |
| Secular priests | 115 (diocesan) 47 (Religious Orders) 35 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Angelo Raffaele Panzetta |
| Bishops emeritus | Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio Michele Seccia |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesilecce.org | |
The Archdiocese of Lecce (Latin: Archidioecesis Lyciensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, southern Italy. The diocese has existed since the 11th century. On 28 September 1960, in the bull Cum a nobis, Pope John XXIII separated the diocese of Lecce from the ecclesiastical province of Otranto and made it directly subject to the Holy See. In the bull Conferentia Episcopalis Apuliae issued on 20 October 1980, Pope John Paul II created the ecclesiastical province of Lecce, with the Archdiocese of Otranto becoming a suffragan diocese.