Apostolic Vicariate of

Thessaloniki

Greece

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Thessaloniki / Thessalonica (English) / Θεσσαλονίκη (Ελληνικά) / Salonicco (Italiano) / Thessalonicen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus (January 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 4

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History

1926.03.18: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica / Σαλονίκη (from Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole)
1992: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki / Thessalonica (English) / Θεσσαλονίκη (Ελληνικά) / Salonicco (Italiano) / Thessalonicen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Kolokotroni 19, 56430 Stavroupolis-Thessaloniki, Greece

Phone: (2310)654-256

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2020.09.14 – ...):	Archbishop Georgios Altouvas (51) Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Salonica (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Georgios Altouvas (51)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.09.14 – ...)

Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (84)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.03.22 – 2020.09.14)

Archbishop Antónios Varthalítis, A.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 1992 – 2003.03.22)

Fr. Dimítrios Roussos, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1969 – 1992)

Archbishop Venedictos Printesis
(Apostolic Administrator 1959.05.15 – 1962)

Archbishop Marius Macrionitis, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1952 – 1959.04.08)

Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1950 – 1953)

Archbishop Marco Sigala
(Apostolic Administrator 1947 – 1950)

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci
(Apostolic Administrator 1929 – 1947)

Bishop Alessandro Guidati (later Archbishop)
(1927.04.30 – 1929.07.15)

Born:	1882.12.04 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:	1905.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.09.04
Died:	1952.06.25 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Adada (1927.04.30 – 1929.07.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Salonica (Greece) (1927.04.30 – 1929.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos–Andros–Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) (1929.07.15 – 1947.02.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Greece) (1939 – 1947.02.22)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1947.02.22 – 1952.06.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Central Macedonia
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Churches by City (9)

Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (↙), Southern Albania (←), Skopje (↖), Sofia–Plovdiv (↗), Istanbul (→), Chios (↘), Athens (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 56,793 km²

Population: 6,299 Catholics (0.2% of 3,300,720 total)

Pastoral Centres: 3 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 7 priests (3 diocesan, 4 religious), 8 religious (4 brothers, 4 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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