Venetians promoted the Catholic Church during their four centuries of rule in Corfu. Today the majority of Corfiots are Greek Orthodox, but the small Catholic minority (5%), living harmoniously with the Orthodox community, owes its faith to these origins. These contemporary Catholics are mostly families who came from Malta, but also from Italy, and today the Catholic community numbers about 4,000 ( of Maltese descent), who live almost exclusively in the Venetian "Citadel" of Corfu City. Like other native Greek Catholics, they celebrate Easter using the same calendar as the Greek Orthodox church. The Cathedral of St. James and St. Christopher in Corfu City is the see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia.
Venetians promoted the Catholic Church during their four centuries of rule in Corfu Today the majority of Corfiots are Greek Orthodox but the small Catholic minority (5%) living harmoniously with the Orthodox community owes its faith to these origins These contemporary Catholics are mostly families who came from Malta but also from Italy and today the Catholic community numbers about 4000 ( of Maltese descent) who live almost exclusively in the Venetian "Citadel" of Corfu City Like other native Greek Catholics they celebrate Easter using the same calendar as the Greek Orthodox church The Cathedral of St James and St Christopher in Corfu City is the see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu Zakynthos and Cephalonia