Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Greece. The archdiocese is the metropolitan of Diocese of Chios, Diocese of Crete, Diocese of Santorini and Diocese of Syros e Milos.

Originally erected as the Diocese of Naxos in the 13th century, the parent diocese was elevated to the Archdiocese of Naxos i1522. In June 3, 1919, the Archdiocese of Naxos was united with the Diocese of Andros, and the Archdiocese of Tinos and Mykonos to form the present Archdiocese.

The ecclesiastical territory comprises most of the Aegean islands in Greece, including, but not limited to Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.

The current Archbishop is Nikólaos Printesis, who was appointed in 1993.

[edit] Ordinaries

  • Nicolás (Pedro) de Noya, O.P. † ( 1505 Appointed - 1515 Died)
  • Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. † (10 Dec 1691 Appointed - 10 May 1700 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos)
  • Binkentios Coressi † (1 Oct 1800 Appointed - 12 Oct 1814 Appointed, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople)
  • Andrea Veggetti † (8 Mar 1816 Appointed - 15 Nov 1838 Died)
  • Lorenzo Bergeretti † (24 Mar 1864 Succeeded - )
  • Giuseppe Zaffino † (30 Jul 1875 Appointed - )
  • Filippo Camassei † (18 Mar 1904 Appointed - 6 Dec 1906 Appointed, Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem})
  • Leonard Brindisi † (30 Mar 1909 Appointed - 3 Jul 1919 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia)
  • Matteo Vido † (3 Jul 1919 Appointed - 18 Sep 1924 Died)
  • Alessandro Guidati † (15 Jul 1929 Appointed - 22 Feb 1947 Retired)
  • Joannis Baptist Filippucci (Filippoussis) † (29 May 1947 Appointed - 6 Nov 1959 Died)
  • Ioánnis Perrís † (24 Oct 1960 Appointed - 29 Apr 1993 Retired)
  • Nikólaos Printesis (29 Apr 1993 Appointed - )

[edit] References

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnaxo.html

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