Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete

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Diocese of Crete {Candia}
Dioecesis Candiensis
Statistics
Country: Greece
Metropolitan: Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 8,393 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
505,000 (2004)
3,500 (0.7%)
Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption, Chania
Ordinaries
Bishop: vacant

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete {Latin: Candien(sis)} is a diocese located on the island of Crete in the Ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.

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[edit] History

  • 1213: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Candia
  • August 28, 1874: Demoted as Diocese of Candia

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Crete (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator since 1974.06.27)
    • Bishop Georges Xenopulos, S.J. (Apostolic Administrator 1952 – 1974)
    • Fr. Arsenio da Corfù, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator 1951 – 1952)
    • Fr. Amedeo Marcantonio Speciale da Gangi, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator 1945? – 1951)
    • Fr. Roberto da Gangi, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator 1939 – 1945?)
    • Bishop Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. (1934.02.01 – 1935.05.05)
    • Fr. Isidoro da Smirne, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator 1926 – 1933?)
    • Bishop Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. (1910.06.22 – 1926.03.15)
    • Bishop Luigi Canavo, O.F.M. Cap. (1874.12.22 – 1889.05.10)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Candia (Roman rite)
    • Cardinal Pietro Valier (1620.05.18 – 1623.10.02)
    • Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (Apostolic Administrator 1534.06.17 – 1536.01.28)
    • Patriarch Leonardus Delfini (1387.05.07 – 1392.08.31)

[edit] See also

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