The Archbishop of Nazareth is a former residential Metropolitan see, first in the
Holy Land, then in Apulian exile in Barletta (southern Italy), which had a
Latin and a
Maronite successor as
titular sees, the first merged into
Barletta, the second suppressed.
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History
Biblical
Nazareth was one of the major sees of the
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the
crusades. After capturing
Nazareth, the leaders of the
First Crusade moved there the
Metropolitan see of
Scythopolis, while the
Greek Orthodox continued to maintain two separate dioceses.
Nazareth thus became a
Latin Church Metropolitan Archdiocese circa 1100. Among its
suffragans were the
Bishopric of Tiberias and the Abbot of
Mount Tabor.
Following the
Muslim conquest in the
Holy Land, the Archbishops of Nazareth took refuge in
Barletta (
Apulia, southern
Italy), and moved permanently there in 1327. It began the long line of Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth residing in Barletta, which was called the see of Nazareth in Barletta.
On June 27, 1818, with the
papal bull De ulteriori of
Pope Pius VII, the Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed.
On 22 October 1828, with the Bull Multis quidem of
Pope Leo XII, the title of Archbishop of Nazareth was granted to the Archbishops of
Trani.
By mergers, the title passed again to the restyled Archbishops of
Trani-Barletta (1860) and then to the
Archbishops of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1986).
Metropolitan Archbishops of and in Nazareth
(all
Roman Rite)
- Bernard (c. 1120) [4]
- William (1129–1138)
- Robert I (1138–1151)
- Robert II (1151–?)
- Attard (?–1159)
- Letard (1160–1190)
- Gervasio (?–1222)
- Nicholas (c. 1230)
- Hugh (1231–1239)
- Henry (1239–1268)
- Guy (1273–1288)
- William of St. John,
Knights Templar (O.Templ.) (1288–?)
- Peter (?–1326)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta
(all
Roman Rite)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta
- Yvo (1327–1330)
- Pietro of Naples,
Dominican Order (O.P.) † (1330–1345)
- Durando,
Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) (1345–1348)
- Riccardo, O.F.M. (1348–1366)
- Guglielmo Belvaysius, O.P. (1366–1369)
- Giovanni Salomoni, O.P. (1369–1380)
- Giordano Estublans, O.P. (1381–?)
- Giovanni Alessio (1390–1400)
- Paolo di Arezzo,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1400–1431)
- Agostino Favaroni,
Augustinian Order (O.E.S.A.) (1431–1443)
- Marino Orsini (1445–?)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta-Cann(a)e, having absorbed the title of Bishop of
Cannae
- Giacomo de Aurilia, O.F.M. (1455–1483)
- Giovanni de Barthon, (1483–1491)
- Giovanni Maria Poderico (1491–1510)
- Orlando Carretto Della Rovere (1510–1512)
-
Giorgio Benigno Salviati, O.F.M. (1513–1520)
- Leonardo Baccuto (1520–1525)
- Pietro De Albis (1525–1526)
- Pietro Francesco Ferro (1526)
- Giovanni Francesco Cina (1527)
- Filippo Adimari (1528–1536)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta-Canne-Monteverde
Titular successor sees
Latin Titular Archbishopric of Nazareth
(all
Roman Rite)
On 21 April 1860, the archdiocese was nominally restored as Metropolitan
Titular archbishopric of Nazareth.
In 1925 it was suppressed, only to be restored in 1929 and finally united with (i.e. merged into) the residential Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie, also territorial heir to the former Apulian see in exile.
It has had the following archiepiscopal incumbents, apparently all of the highest (Metropolitan) rank :
- Giuseppe de' Bianchi Dottula (1860.04.21 – 1892.09.22)
-
Domenico Marinangeli (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08), as former Bishop of
Foggia (Italy) (1882.03.27 – 1893.01.16) and Metropolitan Archbishop of
Trani e Barletta (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08), later
Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1898.01.08 – 1921.03.06)
- Tommaso de Stefano (1898.03.24 – 1906.05.19)
- Francesco Paolo Carrano (1906.09.01 – 1915.03.18)
- Giovanni Régine (1915.12.06 – 1918.10.04)
- Giuseppe Maria Leo (1920.01.17 – 1925)
- Paul Auad (1941.06.14 – 1944.06.28)
- Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (1947.11.10 – 1971.07.03)
- Giuseppe Carata (1971.08.28 – 1989).
Maronite Titular (Arch)Bishopric of Nazareth
(
Antiochian Rite)
It was established in the late 19th century as a
Titular bishopric of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but suppressed in 1911, having had a single incumbent :
- Titular Bishop Youhanna Habib (1889 – 1894.06.04).
In 1926 it was restored, now as a
Titular archbishopric of the intermediate (non-Metropolitan) rank. In 1939 it was again suppressed, having had the following incumbents :
- Titular Archbishop Paul Auad (1896.09.24 – 1911.02.11)
- Titular Archbishop Elias Richa (1926.06.21 – 1937.10.10).
See also
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