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Roman Catholic Diocese of Novigrad is a widely discussed and debated topic in society. Its relevance has become increasingly evident as the years go by, and its impact has been felt in a variety of areas, from politics to technology, culture and economics.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Novigrad in depth, analyzing its impact, implications, and possible avenues to address this issue effectively.
Former Latin Catholic diocese in Croatia
The Diocese of Novigrad (alias Diocese of Cittanova in Italian) was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Novigrad, Istria, Croatia until it was suppressed to the Diocese of Trieste in 1831.[1][2]
History
- TO ELABORATE [2]
Residential Episcopal Ordinaries
- Bishops of Cittanova/ Novigrad
- Leonardo (1212? – death 1224)
- Canziano (1228? – ?)
- Gerardo (1230.06.05 – 1237?)
- Bonaccorso (1243? – 1260?)
- Nicolò (1269? – ?)
- Egidio (1279? – 1283?)
- Simone (1284.05.15 – 1301?)
- Giraldo, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1308 – 1310?)
- Canziano (1318 – death 1330.04.04)
- Natale Bonafede (1330 – death 1344?)
- Giovanni Morosini, O.E.S.A. (1347.02.12 – death 1358?)
- Guglielmo Conti, O.P. (1359.03.15 – ?)
- Giovanni Grandi(s), Augustinian Order (O.E.S.A.) (21 April 1363 - death 1365)
- Marino Michiel (1366.01.14 – death 1374?)
- Nicolò Montaperto, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1376.05.14 – 1377.02.18), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Sicily, Italy) (1377.02.18 – death 1382)
- Archbishop-bishop Ambrogio da Parma (1377.02.20 – 1380.10.10), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1364 – 1377.02.20); later Archbishop-Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1380.10.10 – 1389), Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (1389 – 1391), Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1389 – death 1391)
- Paolo da Montefeltro, O.E.S.A. (1382.04 – 1400.08)
- Tommaso Tommasini Paruta, O.P. (1409 – 1420.03.04), next Bishop of Pula (Croatia) (1420.03.04 – 1423.09.24), Bishop of Urbino (Italy) (1423.09.24 – 1424.12.11), Bishop of Traù (1424.12.11 – 1435.10.24), Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1435.10.24 – 1440.10.15), Bishop of Recanati (Italy) (1435.10.24 – 1440.10.15), Bishop of Feltre (Italy) (1440.10.15 – death 1446.03.24)
- Giacomo de Montina, O.F.M. (1409.09.09 – ?)
- Daniel Rampi Scoto (26 Feb 1421 - 7 Jan 1426), ?next Bishop of Poreč
- Filippo Paruta (1426.01.07 – 1426.04.02), next Bishop of Torcello (Italy) (1426.04.02 – 1448.02.20), Metropolitan Archbishop of Crete (insular Greece) (1448.02.20 – death 1458)
- Giovanni Morosini (1426.11.05 – 1442?), succeeding as previous Apostolic Administrator of Cittanova (1426.05.27 – 1426.11.05)
- Giovanni di Parenzo (1442 – retired 1448), died 1457; previously Bishop of Arba (Croatia) (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11), Bishop of Poreč (Croatia) (1440.04.11 – 1457)
- Patriarch of Grado and Suffragan Bishop of Cittanova/ Novigrad
- Domenico Michiel (1448 – 1451), only incumbent in personal union Patriarch of Grado (Italy) (1445.01.08 – 1451)
- Patriarchs of Venice and Suffragan Bishops of Cittanova/ Novigrad
- Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani (1451.10.08 – 1456.01.08), first in personal union Patriarch of Venezia (Venice, Italy) (1451.10.08 – 1456.01.08); previously Bishop of Castello (1433.05.12 – 1451.10.08)
- Maffio Contarini (1456 – 1460)
- Andrea Bondimerio, Augustinian Order (O.E.S.A.) (1460 – 1464)
- Gregorio Correr (1464 – 1464)
- Giovanni Barozzi (1465.01.07 – death 1465); previously Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1449.10.31 – 1465.01.07)
- Bishops of Cittanova/Novigrad
- Francesco Contarini (1466 – 1495)
- Marcantonio Foscarini (1495 – death 1521)
- Archbishop-bishop Antonio Marcello, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (1521.09.06 – 1526), previously Titular Archbishop of Patrasso (Patrae, peninsular Greece) (1520.05.21 – 1521.09.06)
- Vincenzo de Benedictis (1535.05.10 – death 1536)
- Alessandro Orsi (1536.09.01 – 1559)
- Matteo Priuli (bishop) (1561.09.05 – 1565.04.13)
- Gerolamo Vielmi, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1570.07.19 – death 1582.03.07)
- Antonio Saraceno (1582.03.28 – death 1606.11.07)
- Franciscus Manini (4 July 1607 - death Sep 1619)
- Eusebius Caimus (10 Feb 1620 - death Oct 1640)
- Jacobus Philippus Tomasini (16 June 1642 - death June 1655)
- Giorgio Darmini (30 August 1655 - death Oct 1670), previously Bishop of Caorle (1653.11.24 – 1655.08.30)
- Giacomo Bruti (1 July 1671 - death Nov 1679)
- Nicolaus Gabrieli (19 June 1684 - 12 April 1717)
- Daniele Sansoni (14 June 1717 - death March 1725), previously Bishop of Caorle (1712.07 – 1717.07.14)
- Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. (11 June 1725 - death 14 May 1732)
- Gaspar Negri (21 July 1732 - 22 Jan 1742), next Bishop of Diocese of Poreč (Croatia) (1742.01.22 – death 1778.01)
- Marino Bozzatini (9 July 1742 - death 9 July 1754)
- Stefano di Leoni (16 Sep 1754 - death May 1776)
- Giovanni Domenico Straticò, O.P. (15 July 1776 - 20 Sep 1784), next Bishop of Hvar (Croatia) (1784.09.20 – death 1799)
- Antonio Giovanni Giuseppe Lucovich (20 Sep 1784 - death 2 Dec 1794)
- Teodoro Lauretano Balbi (1 June 1795 - death 23 May 1831).
Titular see
In 1969, the see was restored as a titular see:[2]
- Titular Archbishop: Ugo Poletti (1969.07.03 – 1973.03.05) as Second Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome (Italy) (1969.07.03 – 1972.10.13) and as Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome (1972.10.13 – 1973.03.26); previously Titular Bishop of Medeli (1958.07.12 – 1967.06.26) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Novara (Italy) (1958.07.12 – 1967.06.26), Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1969.07.03); later created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo (1973.03.05 – death 1997.02.25), President of Commission for Advocates (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25), Vicar General for the above Vicariate of Rome (Italy) (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), Apostolic Administrator of Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia (Italy) (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), President of Liturgical Academy (1974? – 1990), President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1985.07.03 – 1991.03), Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major (1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25)
- Titular Archbishop: Maximino Romero de Lema (1973.03.21 – 1996.10.29) as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of Horta (1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain) (1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19), Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1968.10.19 – 1973.03.21), Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1973 – 1986), Secretary of Congregation for Clergy (1973.03.21 – 1986)
- Titular Archbishop: Leonardo Sandri (1997.07.22 – 2007.11.24), first as papal diplomat : Apostolic Nuncio (ambassador) to Venezuela (1997.07.22 – 2000.03.01), Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000.03.01 – 2000.09.16), then as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State (2000.09.16 – 2007.06.09); previously Regent of Prefecture of the Papal Household (1991.08.22 – 1992.04.02), Assessor for General Affairs of Papal Secretariat of State (1992.04.02 – 1997.07.22); later Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2007.06.09 – ...), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2007.06.09 – ...), created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (2007.11.24 – ...)
- Beniamino Pizziol (2008.01.05 – 2011.04.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarchate of Venezia (Venice, Italy) (2008.01.05 – 2011.04.16); later Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (2011.04.16 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of Patriarchate of Venice (Venezia, Italy) (2011.09.08 – 2012.01.31)
- Lorenzo Leuzzi (Italian) (2012.01.31 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of the papal Vicariate of Rome (Italy) (2012.01.31 – ...).
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