The Diocese of Tiberias was a significant Latin Catholic bishopric in the
Crusader state
The Crusader States, also known as Outremer, were four Catholic realms in the Middle East that lasted from 1098 to 1291. These feudal polities were created by the Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade through conquest and political in ...
Principality of Galilee
The principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin, grandson of Balian. The direct holdings of the principality centred around Tiberias, ...
, a major direct vassal of the
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, with see in
Tiberias
Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's F ...
.
[Richard, Jean (1999) ''The Crusades c. 1071-c 1291'', Cambridge University Press, p 71] It is now a
titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...
.
["Tiberias (Titular See)"]
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History
The city of
Tiberias
Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's F ...
in
Galilee was important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Palestina Secunda to become a
suffragan of its capital
Scythopolis's metropolitan archbishop.
During the
First Crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic r ...
, Tiberias was occupied by the crusaders soon after the capture of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. In 1099, the original site of the city was abandoned, and settlement shifted north to the present location. Saint Peter's Church, originally built by the Crusaders, is still standing today, although the building has been altered and reconstructed over the years. Under the crusaders, Tiberias became of Latin
suffragan see of their new Latin
Archbishopric of Nazareth, which replaced Scythopolis.
List of bishops
Resident bishops
This partial list of resident bishops is drawn from .
*Elias (fl. 1144)
*Gerald (fl. 1174–1178)
*Geoffrey (fl. 1241)
*Eustorgius (1259–1273)
*William I of Salonica (1273–1274)
*William II le Velus (1274–)
Titular bishops
* Pietro Corsari (1397 – ?)
* João Manuel,
Carmelites
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(O. Carm.) (1442.04.18 – 1444.07.20)
*
Reginaldo Romero,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) (1488.03.17 – 1507)
* Pietro Giovanni de Melis (1517.04.20 – ?)
* Giovanni Vitellio,
Theatines
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(C.R.) (1592.03.04 – 1594)
* Luis Cerqueira,
Jesuits
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(S.J.) (1593.01.29 – 1598.02.18)
* Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen (1619.09.09 – 1639.02.08)
*
Clemente Confetto
Clemente Confetti or Clemente Confetto (died in 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerno (1643–1644), Bishop of Muro Lucano (1630–1643), ''(in Latin)'' and Titular Bishop of ''Tiberias'' (1623–1630). ''(in Latin)''
...
(1623.01.09 – 1630.01.08)
* Sigismund Graf Miutini von Spilenberg (1648.03.30 – 1653)
*
Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise
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(1701.04.18 – 1704.04.09)(later Cardinal*)
* Aleksandras Mikalojus Gorainis (Aleksander Mikołaj Horain) (1704.09.15 – 1711.12.23)
* Archbishop Daniel Joseph Mayer (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07)
* Johann Moritz von Strachwitz (1761.04.06 – 1781.01.28)
* Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27)
* Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian) (1797.07.24 – 1800.11.23) (later Archbishop)
* Francesco Maria Paolucci Mancinelli (1801.09.28 – 1808.01.11)
* Karol Perényl (1808.07.11 – 1819.03.15)
* Richard Kornelius Dammers (1824.05.03 – 1842.05.23)
* Rodolpho von Thysebaert (1842.05.23 – 1868.05.12)
* Alessandro Valsecchi (1869.06.25 – 1879.05.06)
* Martin Marty,
Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12)
* Giuseppe Ceppetelli (1890.06.23 – 1899.07.24) (later Titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople *)
* Luigi Spandre (1899.09.03 – 1909.06.12)
* Bernardino Shlaku, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1910.01.08 – 1911.01.31)
* Charles Maurice Graham (1911.03.16 – 1912.09.02)
* Giacomo Sinibaldi (1913.05.15 – 1928.08.19)
* Paolino Ladeuze (1928.10.21 – 1940.01.29)
* Egidio Luigi Lanzo, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1940.08.09 – 1943.01.22)
* Giuseppe Della Cioppa (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02)
* Raffaele Macario (1948.06.21 – 1966.11.29)
See also
* Catholic Church in Israel
* Principality of Tiberias
References
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