Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea or Cidonia (Cydonia) was a bishopric on Crete, with see at present Chania, and afterward was twice a Latin titular see.[1][2]
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History
The Ancient city of Kydonia, on Crete, had a bishop no later then the second Byzantine rule (961 AD until 1204 AD), when its name was changed to modern Chania.
The Venetians (and shortly Genoans), who conquered Crete, firmly established a Latin diocese. It was suppressed only in 1700.
Episcopal ordinaries
(incomplete? - lacking first century; all Roman Rite)
- Matteo (1300? – ?)
- Giacomo (? – 1311.05.19), later Bishop of Bisaccia (Italy) (1311.05.19 – death 1328)
- Tommaso, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1325.02.13 – 1325.06.07), later Sutri (1325.06.07 – ?)
- Filippo (1326.06.25 – ?)
- Francesco (? – ?)
- Antonio (? – ?)
- Reprandino di Santa Lucia, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1352.05.25 – ?), previously Bishop of Ario (Greece) (1349.07.08 – 1352.05.25)
- Marco (1364.03.16 – ?)
- Bartolomeo (1369.02.21 – ?)
- Marco Canterano, Carmelites (O. Carm.) (1389.07.12 – ?)
- Caterino Barbo, O.F.M. (1390.12.01 – ?)
- Andrea Bon (1396.04.12 – ?), previously Bishop of Caorle (1382 – 1394.02.16) and Bishop of Pedena (1394.02.16 – 1396.04.12)
- Paolo Barozzi (1411.03.27 – ?)
- Luca Grimani di Candia (1418.05.04 – ?), previously Bishop of Retimo (1409.11.13 – 1418.05.04)
- Michele di Candia, O.P. (1451.10.01 – death 1479)
- Raimondo (? – ?)
- Antonio Ursi (1481 – death 1511)
- Paolo (1481.03.19 – ?)
- Bartolomeo Merula (1511.10.01 – ?)
- Francesco de Molendina, O.F.M. (1523.07.24 – ?)
- Agostino Donà (1525 – 1535)
- Filippo Donà (1536.01.19 – 1565)
- Alvise Dolfin (1565.10.26 – death 1587.12.12)
- Domenico Bolano, O.P. (1588.01.29 – death 1613)
- Andrea Corbelli (1613.02.11 – death 1614)
- Giovanni Alberto de Garzonibus (1614.02.17 – death 1619)
- Georgius Perpignani (1619.07.15 – death 1621), previously Bishop of Tinos–Mykonos (Greece) (1594.11.14 – 1619.07.15) and Apostolic Administrator of Andros (Greece) (1611.05.13 – 1616.08.03)
- Bernardo Florio, Crosier Canons (O.Cruc.) (1621.06.07 – 1642.04.28), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia) (1642.04.28 – death 1656.02.14)
- Milano Benzio (1642.05.26 – death 1657)
- Giorgio Demedi (1657.11.19 – ?)
Titular see of Cydonia
As soon as the residential diocese was suppressed in 1700, it was turned into a Latin titular bishopric under the title of Cydonia (or Cidonia in Curiate Italian).
This was itself suppressed in 1933, having had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank with a single exception of intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank :
- Titular Bishop Agostino Bruti (1728.09.20 – 1733.09.28)
- Titular Bishop Nicolas Navarre (1735.05.25 – 1754)
- Titular Bishop Henri Hachette des Portes, Carmelites (O. Carm.) (1755.07.21 – 1771.09.23)
- Titular Bishop Michał Jerzy Poniatowski (1773.07.12 – 1785.02.14), as Coadiutor Bishop of Płock (Poland); later succeeding as Bishop of Płock (1774 – 1785.02.14), finally Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1785.02.14 – 1794.08.12)
- Titular Bishop Gaetano Ginanni (1775.07.17 – 1777.12.15)
- Titular Bishop François-Philippe Taboureau, Benedictine Order O.S.B. (1778.06.01 – ?)
- Titular Bishop Václav von Chlumčansky (1795.06.01 – 1802.03.29), later (Arch)bishop in Czechia
- Titular Bishop Tomás Díez Bedoya, Capuchin Friars Minor O.F.M. Cap. (1825.12.19 – 1851.12.26)
- Titular Bishop Joseph Larocque (1852.07.06 – 1860.06.22)
- Titular Bishop George Butler (1861.06.13 – 1864.06.04)
- Titular Archbishop José María de Jesús Yerovi Pintado, O.F.M. (1865.09.25 – 1867.04.02), Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1865.09.25 – 1867.04.02), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito (1867.04.02 – 1867.06.20)
- Titular Bishop Giovanni Battista Bagala Blasini (1868.05.12 – 1876.04.03)
- Titular Bishop Francesco Vitagliano (1876.06.26 – 1882.03.30)
- Titular Bishop Charles-Jacques Mouard, O.F.M. Cap. (1882.09.15 – 1888.08.08)
- Titular Bishop Angelus Boccamazzi (1890.06.23 – 1896)
- Titular Bishop Teofilo Massucci, O.F.M. (1896.08.24 – 1900.05.10)
- Titular Bishop Giuseppe Candido (1901.02.04 – 1906.07.04)
- Titular Bishop Wladyslaw Bandurski (1906.09.26 – 1932.03.06)
Titular see of Canea
Apparently based on the same Cretan historical diocese, another line of titular bishops was started in 1830 under the name Canea (also Agia in Italian).
It was suppressed in 1922, having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank:
- Bishop-elect José Miguel Gordoa y Barrios (1830.10.19 – 1831.02.28)
- Jacobus Grooff (1842.09.20 – 1852.04.29), Apostolic Vicar of Batavia (now Jakarta)
- Charles-Jean Seghers (1878.07.23 – 1878.09.28), while Coadjutor Archbishop of Oregon City (1878.09.18 – 1880.12.18), later succeeded as Metropolitan
- Nicolas Donnelly (1883.10.03 – 1920.03.29)
- Eduard Graf O’Rourke (1920.04.10 – 1922.04.21)
Sources and External links
- GigaCatholic Cydonia, with residential and titular incumbent biography links
- Giga Catholic Canea titular see
- Catholic Hierarchy Canea
- Catholic Hierarchy Canea (Cydonia)
References
- ↑ "Diocese of Canea (Cydonia, Egée)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Canea" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016