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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.
Domenico Bellusci † (18 September 1807 – 2 March 1833 died) of Frascineto, titular bishop of Sinope in today's Turkey. Gabriele De Marchis † (23 June 1833 – 18 April 1858 died) from Lungro, titular bishop of Tiberiopoli in Phrygia. Agostino Franco † (1858–1859) from Mezzojuso, titular bishop of Ermopoli Maggiore in today's Egypt.
Since 1950, due to significant damage caused by American bombings of Palermo during World War II, its headquarters officially relocated to Piana degli Albanesi. The Seminary's premises, owned by the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, have been modernized and leased to the Italian state as a school.
Today, it is still used by the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church for their services and shares cathedral status with the church cathedral of San Demetrio Megalomartire in Piana degli Albanesi. The church was restored and reopened for community worship in 2013.
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.
Piana degli Albanesi Cathedral, in full the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius the Great Martyr [1] (Arbëreshë Albanian: Kryeklisha e Shën Mitrit të Madhit Dëshmor, or Klisha e Madhe (The Grand Church); Italian: Cattedrale di Piana degli Albanesi, Cattedrale di San Demetrio Megalomartire) is a cathedral in Piana degli Albanesi, Palermo, Italy.
The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).
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