Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Notes on the changes in Calabria, Italy, 30 January 2001

On 30 January 2001, it was made public that the Holy Father had reorganized the Church Provinces of the region Calabria in Italy. He

1. erected the ecclesiastical province of Catanzaro-Squillace, elevating the archdiocese of the same name to metropolitan church, until now "immediate subiecta Sanctae Sedi," assigning as suffragans the archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina and the diocese of Lamezia Terma, until now suffragans of Reggio Calabria-Bova. He appointed Archbishop Antonio Cantisani as metropolitan archbishop of Cantazaro-Squillace.
2. erected the ecclesiastical province of Cosenza-Bisignano, elevating the archdiocese of the same name to metropolitan see, until now "immediate subiecta Sanctae Sedi," assigning as suffragans the archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati and the diocese of Cassano all'Jonio, until now suffragans of Reggio Calabria-Bova and the diocese of S. Marco Argentano-Scalea, until now «immediate subiecta Sanctae Sedi.» He appointed Archbishop Giuseppe Agostino as metropolitan archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano.

- CT (source: Vatican Information Service, 30 January 2001)