It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela. [1 ][ self-published source?] [2 ][ self-published source?] Its patron saint is Bartholomew the Apostle, in whose honor the cathedral is named.
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (15 August 1818 – 4 April 1894) – born Giuseppe Dusmet – was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Catania from 1867 until his death. [1 ] [2 ] He became professed into the Order of…
It was founded as the Diocese of Palermo in the first century and raised to the status of archdiocese in the 11th century. [1 ] [2 ] The archbishop is Corrado Lorefice.