Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid
- For (Orthodox) namesakes, see Ohrid Archbishopric
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid was a Latin Catholic archdiocese, and is now a titular see, at modern Ohrid in Macedonia.
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History
Ancient Achrida, in the Roman province of Epirus Novus, was its capital and Metropolitan Archbishop, but became Orthodox, actually thrice.
In 1300, a new Latin Catholic archdiocese was founded. It was suppressed in 1700, but would have two Catholic successor titular archbishoprics.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite; ?incomplete)
- Residential Metropolitan Archbishops of Ohrid
- Nicola, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1320.03.19 – ?)
- Matteo, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (1517 – ?)
- Raphael Levacovich, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1647.05.27 – death 1650)
- Andrea Bogdani (1651.02.27 – 1656.03.06 see below), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Skopje (Macedonia) (1656.03.06 – 1677.09.06), remaining Apostolic Administrator of Acrida (Ohrid) (1675.12.18 – death 1689.11)
- Franchesko Stojmirovich, Friars Minor (O.F.M. Obs.) (1656.03.20 – ?), previously Archbishop-Bishop of Prizren (Kosovo) (1651.02.27 – 1656.03.20)
- Apostolic Administrator Andrea Bogdan (see above 1675.12.18 – 1689.11)
Latin Titular see
At its suppression in 1700, the former Latin residential archdiocese became a Latin Catholic titular archbishopric of the highest (Metropolitan) rank.
It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, all archiepiscopal (Latin but thee first) :
- Basilio Matranga, Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M., Eastern Catholic) (1726.10.07 – 1748)
- Luigi Maria Cardelli, Reformed Franciscans (O.F.M. Ref.) (1832.09.11 – 1868.06.11)
- Leopoldo Angelo Santanché, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1871.03.08 – 1876.04.03)
- Placido Setacci (1885.03.05 – 1885.08.13)
- Andrea Aiuti (1887.03.31 – 1893.06.12) (later Cardinal)
- Raffaele d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. (1893.07.14 – ?)
- Michael Kelly (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17)
- Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, Discalced Carmelites (O.C.D.) (1915.06.18 – 1918.12.18)
- Jan Feliks Cieplak (1919.03.28 – 1925.12.14)
- Cleto Cassani (1929.07.01 – 1939.03.11)
- Alexandre Vachon (1939.12.11 – 1940.05.22)
- Emile Maurice Guerry (1940.05.31 – 1952.12.02)
- José Humberto Quintero Parra (1953.09.07 – 1960.08.31) (later Cardinal)
- Miguel Paternain, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1960.09.21 – 1970.10.19)
- Mario Schierano (1971.08.28 – 1990.10.28)
- Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (1996.11.11 – 1997.04.19) (later Cardinal).
Armenian Titular see
In 1911, an Armenian Catholic (Armenian Rite in Armenian language) Metropolitan titular archbishopric was also established.
It was suppressed in 1928, after only one incumbent :
- Giuseppe Rokossian (1911.08.27 – 1928.07.01), later Archeparch of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkey) ([1928.06.29] 1928.07.01 – 1931.06.08).
