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Bishop Of Nin
The Diocese of Nin (historically, Nona) was a Catholic jurisdiction probably founded in the middle of the 9th century. Fine, 1991, p. 254"Diocese of Nona (Nin)" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Nin" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016 The seat of its bishops was the Church of the Holy Cross in |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Juraj Divnić
Juraj Divnić (, , , c. 1440 – 1530) was bishop of Nin. He was one of the more important Catholic bishops of Croatian origin in his time. Life Juraj Divnić was born in Šibenik on about 1440, and was part of the known Divnić family, which settled in Šibenik in the 14th century from Skradin. He studied Laws probably in Italy and entered in the ecclesiastic career. On 3 July 1464 he became titular of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in the peninsula of Mandalina (now into the town of Šibenik). In the same year he was made beneficiary also of the estates of a church in the island of Zlarin. On 19 March 1479 he was appointed bishop of Nin. He received the minor orders in Venice on 1 May 1479; in the following two days he was ordained deacon and priest; and in the next Sunday, the 9 May, he was consecrated bishop in the patriarchal church of Venice by Patriarch Maffeo Gherardi. In 1482 Juraj Divnić visited Rome. In 1486 he was authorized by the pope to live in the near Zadar. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Former Roman Catholic Dioceses In Croatia
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being used in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zadar County
Zadar County ( ) is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. Its seat is the city of Zadar. Geography Among the largest towns in the county of Zadar are: Zadar, Benkovac, Bibinje, Biograd, Nin, Croatia, Nin, Obrovac, Croatia, Obrovac and Pag (town), Pag. The county of Zadar includes the List of islands of Croatia, islands of Dugi otok, Ugljan, Pašman, Molat, Lavdara, Zverinac, Vir (island), Vir and most of Pag (island), Pag, as well as a number of other, smaller islands. It also features the Paklenica national park. The county's area is 7,854 km2, 3,646 km2 is land, which accounts for 6.4% of the territory of Croatia. The sea area of the county is 3,632 km2 (around 12% of the territorial waters) and the insular area is 580 km2, with more than 300 smaller and larger islands (Zadar Archipelago). The length of its coastline (including the islands) is 1,300 km. Administrative division Zadar County is divided into: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lists Of Bishops
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Catholic Church In Croatia
The Catholic Church in Croatia () is part of the worldwide Catholic Church that is under the spiritual leadership of the Pope. The Latin Church in Croatia is administered by the Croatian Bishops' Conference centered in Zagreb, and it comprises five archdioceses, 13 dioceses and one Military Ordinariate of Croatia, military ordinariate. Dražen Kutleša is the Archbishop of Zagreb. A 2011 census estimated that there were 3.7 million baptized Latin Catholics and about 20,000 baptized Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholics of the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia in Croatia, comprising 86.3% of the population. , weekly church attendance was relatively high compared to other Catholic nations in Europe, at around 27%. A 2021 Croatian census showed that 83% of the population is Catholic and 3.3% is Serbian Orthodox. The national sanctuary of Croatia is in Marija Bistrica, while the country's patron is Saint Joseph: the Croatian Parliament unanimously declared him to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of the Catholic Church in full communion with the pope in Holy See, Rome. Although they are distinct theologically, liturgically, and historically from the Latin Church, they are all in full communion with it and with each other. Eastern Catholics are a minority within the Catholic Church; of the 1.3 billion Catholics in communion with the pope, approximately 18 million are members of the eastern churches. The largest numbers of Eastern Catholics are found in Eastern Europe, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and India. As of 2022, the Syro-Malabar Church is the largest Eastern Catholic Church, followed by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. With the exception of the Maronite Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches are groups that, at different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Georgius Parchich
Georgius Parchich (, , ; 1658–1703) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nona (1690–1703). Biography Georgius Parchich was born in Sebenico (Šibenik), Republic of Venice (now Croatia) on 28 April 1658. On 8 May 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Bishop of Nona (). On 4 June 1690, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono with Francesco Martelli, titular Archbishop of ''Corinthus'', and Victor Augustinus Ripa, Bishop of Vercelli, serving as co-consecrators. During his office, he informed Rome on the large community of Orthodox in his bishopric, and sought for Rome to send missionaries to Catholicise ( Uniatise) them. He called the inhabitants of Budin (a former settlement in Posedarje area) the "worst Schismatic rthodoxpeople". When notable ''hajduk'' Ilija Janković Mitrović died in 1692, Parchich came to his funeral at Islam Grčki, despite the fact that Mitrović was Orthodox and no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Giovanni Vusich
Giovanni Vusich (1647–1689) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nona (1688–1689). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Giovanni Vusich" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017 Biography Giovanni Vusich was born in , on 4 July 1647. On 14 June 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of |
Giovanni Borgoforte
Giovanni Borgoforte (1640–1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nona (1677–1687). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Giovanni Borgoforte" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2017 Biography Giovanni Borgoforte was born in , in 1640. On 22 November 1677, he was appointed during the papacy of |
Georgius Georgiceo
Giorgio Giorgicci or Georgius Georgiceo (1614 – February 1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Krk (1653–1660) and Bishop of Nona (1649–1653). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giorgio Giorgicci was born in Spalati in 1614. On 21 June 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Nona. On 8 September 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, Archbishop of Manfredonia, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop Emeritus of Minori serving as co-consecrators. On 22 September 1653, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Krk. He served as Bishop of Krk until his death in February 1660. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Baldassarre Bonifazio, Bishop of Capodistria (1653); and Francesco de Andreis, Bishop of Nona The Diocese of Nin (historically, Nona) was a Catholic jurisdiction probably founded in the middle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Simeone Difnico
Simeone Difnico (, , , c. 1613 – 1661) was bishop of Nin during the Cretan War from 1646 to 1649, and bishop of Feltre from 1649 to 1661. Bishop of Nin Simeone Difnico was born in Šibenik on 12 September 1613 to the important Divnić family of that town. He graduated in utroque iure at the University of Padua on 10 May 1634. The Venetian bishop of Šibenik, Alvise Marcello, chose him as general vicar, and later supported him to become bishop of Nin. On 25 June 1646 Simeone Difnico was so appointed by Pope Innocent X. Therefore, on Sunday 17 March 1647 he was consecrated bishop in the Venetian church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari by the Nuncio in Venice, Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci. In Nin Simeone Difnico started to restore the Cathedral and to tried to settle a conflict about tithes with the near Diocese of Zadar. His episcopate occurred during the first phase of the Cretan War (1645–1669) which was fought also in Dalmatia: the town of Nin was destroyed in 1647 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
