The Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cefalonia ( la, Archdioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the

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comprising the Ionian islands of Corfu,

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and Cephalonia in western

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History

* 1310: Established as Diocese of Corfù * June 3, 1919: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu – Zakynthos – Cephalonia

Leadership

; Archbishops of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia * Archbishop Giorgios Altouvas (since 14 September 2020) * Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (22 March 2003 – 14 September 2020) * Archbishop

Antonios Varthalitis Antonios Varthalitis, AA ( el, Αντώνιος Βαρθαλίτης; 1 January 1924 in – 27 October 2007) was from 1962 to 2003 Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia. Life Antonios V ...

, A.A. (1962.05.30 – 2003.03.22) * Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. (1947.05.29 – 1952.07.06) * Fr.

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(Apostolic Administrator 1941–1944) * Archbishop Leonard Brindisi (1919.07.03 – 1940.09.08) ; Bishops of Corfu * Archbishop Domenico Darmanin (1912.03.04 – 1919.02.17) * Archbishop Teodoro Antonio Polito (? – 1911.09.23) * Archbishop

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, O.F.M. Cap. (1885.01.11 – ?) * Bishop

Francis Joseph Nicholson Francis Joseph Nicholson O.C.D. (29 April 180330 April 1855) was a Roman Catholic archbishop of Corfu, then in the United States of the Ionian Islands, a British protectorate. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. Around the middle of the 19th century, ...

, O.C.D. (1852.05 – 1855.04.30) *

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(1678.06.06 – 1687.07.07)

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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