Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros

Diocese of Syros e Milos Dioecesis Syrensis et Milensis Επισκοπή Σύρου
Location
Country	Greece
Ecclesiastical province	Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
Metropolitan	Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 31,302 6,831 (21.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	13th Century
Cathedral	Saint George's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Ano Syros
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Petros Stefanou
Emeritus Bishops	Franghískos Papamanólis

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos (Latin: Dioecesis Syrensis et Milensis) is a diocese located in the cities of Syros and Milos in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.

History

• 1400: Established as Diocese of Syros – Milos

Leadership

• Bishop Petros Stefanou (2014 - )
• Bishop Frangiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap. (since 1974.06.27 - 2014.05.13)
• Bishop Georgios Xenopoulos, S.J. (1947.05.29 – 1974)
• Archbishop Antonios Grigorios Voutsinos, A.A. (1937.06.09 – 1947.05.29)
• Bishop Antonios Makrionitis (1912.07.02 – 1936.12.28)
• Archbishop Dominikos Darmanin (1901.04.16 – 1912.03.04)
• Archbishop Theodoros Antonios Politos (1895.03.27 – 1911.09.23)
• Bishop Teofilo Massucci, O.F.M. (1880.10.01 – ?)
• Bishop Giuseppe Maria Alberti (1851.10.30 – ?)
• Bishop Ioannes Baptistus Russin (1800.10.05 – 1824.09.14)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Greece

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy