Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Crete {Candia}
latin= Dioecesis Candiensis
country= Greece | metropolitan=Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Cathedral of the Assumption, Chania
cocathedral =
area= 8,393
population= 505,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 3,500
catholics_percent= 0.7
bishop= "vacant"
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
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.
History
* 1213: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Candia
* August 28, 1874: Demoted as Diocese of Candia
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)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Greece
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/cand0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcand.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.interkriti.net/ccc/ Diocese website]
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