Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela Archidioecesis Messanensis-Liparensis-Sanctae Luciae
Cathedral of the Assumption in Messina
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
Statistics
Area	1,848 km2 (714 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 490,000 (est.) 480,000 (est.)
Parishes	247
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria SS. Assunta (Messina)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale Archimandritato del Santissimo Salvatore (Messina) Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo (Lipari) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Santa Lucia del Mela)
Secular priests	217 (diocesan) 120 (religious Orders) 82 (Permanent Deacons)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Giovanni Accolla
Auxiliary Bishops	Cesare Di Pietro
Bishops emeritus	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.
Map
Website
www.diocesimessina.it

The Archdiocese of Messina (Latin: Archidioecesis Messanensis-Liparensis-Sanctae Luciae) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It was founded as the Diocese of Messina but was raised to the level of an archdiocese on 30 September 1986 with the merging with the former Diocese of Lipari (5th century)^[1][2] and the Territorial Prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206), and as suffragans the Diocese of Patti and Diocese of Nicosia.