Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Chios
latin= Dioecesis Chiensis
country= Greece | metropolitan=Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area= 4,116
population= 206,000
population_as_of= 2006
catholics= 500
catholics_percent= 0.2
bishop= "vacant"
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios {Latin: " Chien(sis)", Greek: "Χίος"} is a diocese located on the island of Chios in the Ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
History
* 1400: Established as Diocese of Chios
Leadership
* Bishops of Chios (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Nikólaos Printesis (Apostolic Administrator since 1993.04.29)
** Archbishop Ioánnis Perrís (Apostolic Administrator 1961 – 1993)
** Fr. Rocco Dellatolla (Apostolic Administrator 1959 – 1961)
** Archbishop Giovanni Battista Filippucci (Apostolic Administrator 1947.05.29 – 1959.11.06)
** Archbishop Alessandro Guidati (Apostolic Administrator 1939 – 1947.02.22)
** Bishop Nicolas Charikiopoulos (1917.01.03 – 1939.07.01)
** Bishop Dionisio Nicolosi (1890.06.06 – 1916.01.25)
** Bishop Fedele Abati, O.F.M. (1885.01.11 – 1890.06.06)
** Archbishop Andrea Policarpo Timoni (1875.07.30 – 1879.05.27)
** Bishop Ignazio Giustiniani (1830.03.15 – ?)
** Bishop Francesco Saverio Dracopoli (1814.12.19 – 1821.08.01)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Greece
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/chio1.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchio.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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