Roman Catholic diocese in Greece
The Diocese of Crete (
Latin : Dioecesis Candiensis ) is a
Latin Church
diocese of the
Catholic Church located on the island of
Crete in the
ecclesiastical province of
Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
Roman Catholic presence on the island of Crete dates to its conquest by the
Republic of Venice in the years after the
Fourth Crusade (1204), and its establishment as a
Venetian colony in 1212. Immediately after that, the first
Latin Rite Archbishop of Crete was appointed, with a succession of holders until the
Ottoman conquest of the island in the
Cretan War (1645–69) . Thereafter the see remained vacant, until re-established as a simple bishopric on 28 August 1874, initially a
suffragan of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Izmir , but today a suffragan of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos .
Present day Catholic Churches in Heraklion (Saint John The Baptist), Chania, Rethymnon (St. Antony on Padua)
anonymous (1213 – ?), took part in the
fifth crusade in 1220
[1]
giovanni querini (? – 17 july 1252, named bishop of ferrara with the personal rank of archbishop)
angelo maltraverso, op (1252 – 28 may 1255, named patriarch of grado)
leonardo pantaleo (1260 – 1268)
anonymous (mentioned 10 may 1282)
matteo, op (31 january 1289 – ?)
angelo beacqua (7 april 1294 – ?, deceased)
alessandro di sant'elpidio, oesa (2 march 1314 – 1334, dismissed)
egidio di gallutiis, op (11 may 1334 – 6 december 1340, deceased)
francesco michiel (before 25 september 1342 – ?, named bishop of
patara with the personal rank of archbishop)
orso dolfin (30 march 1349 – 5 november 1361, named patriarch of grado)
orso dolfin (5 november 1361 – 1363), apostolic administrator
pietro tommaso, ocarm (6 march 1363 – 5 july 1364, named patriarch of constantinople)
francesco querini (5 july 1364 – 22 december 1367, named patriarch of grado)
antonio negri (15 january 1369 – ?)
pietro (april 1375 – ?)
matteo (19 march 1378 – ?)
cristoforo gallina ?
antonio contarini (6 april 1386 – 16 march 1387, deceased)
leonardo dolfin (7 may 1387 – 29 april 1392, named bishop of castello with the personal rank of archbishop)
marco giustiniani (31 august 1392 – 1405, deceased)
francesco pavoni (13 february 1406 – 1407?, deceased)
marco marin (18 october 1407 – ?, deceased)
leonardo dolfin (14 september 1408 – 1415, deceased)
pietro donà (18 april 1415 – 1425, named bishop of castello with the personal rank of archbishop)
fantino valaresso (5 december 1425 – 18 may 1443, deceased)
fantino dandolo (4 september 1444 – 8 january 1448, named
bishop of padua with the personal rank of archbishop)
filippo paruta (arcivescovo)|filippo paruta (20 february 1448 – 1458, deceased)
gerolamo lando (29 march 1458 – 1493/1494, dismissed)
andrea lando (4 july 1494 – 1505, deceased)
giovanni lando (2 march 1506 – 1534 ?)
pietro lando (28 january 1536 – 1575, dismissed)
Lorenzo Vitturi (6 February 1576 – 9 February 1597, deceased)
Tommaso Contarini (4 July 1597 – 7 February 1604, deceased)
Aloisio Grimani (7 January 1605 – 21 February 1620, deceased)
Pietro Valier (18 May 1620 – 2 October 1623, named Bishop of Ceneda with the personal rank of archbishop)
Luca Stella (4 December 1623 – 24 November 1632, named Bishop of Vicenza with the personal rank of archbishop)
Leonardo Mocenigo (20 June 1633 – 1644, deceased)
Giovanni Querini (19 November 1644 – ?, deceased)
See vacant from 1669.
Bishop
Petros Stefanou , (Apostolic Administrator);
Bishop
Frangkiskos Papamanolis ,
OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator 1974.06.27 – 2014.05.13)
Bishop
Georges Xenopulos ,
SJ (Apostolic Administrator 1952 – 1974)
Fr.
Arsenio da Corfù , OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator 1951 – 1952)
Fr.
Amedeo Marcantonio Speciale da Gangi , OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator 1945? – 1951)
Fr.
Roberto da Gangi , OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator 1939 – 1945?)
Bishop
Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese , OFMCap (1934.02.01 – 1935.05.05)
Fr.
Isidoro da Smirne , OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator 1926 – 1933?)
Bishop
Francesco Giuseppe Seminara , OFMCap (1910.06.22 – 1926.03.15)
Bishop
Luigi Canavo , OFMCap (1874.12.22 – 1889.05.10)
^ louise buenger robbert, "venetian participation in the crusade of damietta", studi veneziani , ser. ns, vol. 30 (1995), pp. 15–34, at 25. the archbishop arrived after the
siege of damietta along with archbishop
henry of milan and probably brought with him a small venetian contingent.
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