The Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos () is a

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of the

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in insular

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. Its

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archiepiscopal see is the cathedral of

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, in the village of Xinara, on

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, but is also has a

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of the Presentation of the Lord, in

Naxos Naxos (; , ) is a Greek island belonging to the Cyclades island group. It is the largest island in the group. It was an important centre during the Bronze Age Cycladic Culture and in the Ancient Greek Archaic Period. The island is famous as ...

town. The ecclesiastical territory comprises most of the Aegean islands in Greece, including, but not limited to

Andros Andros (, ) is the northernmost island of the Greece, Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and ...

and

Mykonos Mykonos (, ; ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. At the 2021 census, there were 10,704 inhabitants, most of ...

. Josif Printezis was appointed bishop in January 2021, and will be consecrated and installed in March.

History

Originally erected as the Diocese of Naxos in the 13th century, the Latin bishopric was promoted to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos in 1522, after the fall of

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(Ottoman conquest), when the Archiepiscopal see for its Knights Hospitallers' crusader state was in fact moved from there. In 1538, Naxos (along with the islands of

Paros Paros (; ; ) is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. Part of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos (island), Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of Piraeus. The Co ...

, and

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) fell to the Ottoman naval commander

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. In response, Pope

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assembled a ’’Holy League’’, comprising the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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, to confront Barbarossa but were defeated at the

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. On June 3, 1919, the Archdiocese of Naxos was united with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tinos and Mykonos (which in 1824 had absorbed the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros, without adopting its title) to form the present Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos, whose new name also includes Andros. In 1964, the parish charitable funds and the various Catholic associations and brotherhoods of the diocese were brought together in a single organisation, as an attempt to unify the efforts. This organisation had the name ''To spíti tou ftochoú'' (Το σπίτι του φτωχού; "The Poor Man's House") and helped families through donations and loans, promoting education, and supporting the disabled, widows, and orphans. It was renamed Caritas Naxos-Tinos (Κάριτας Νάξου – Τήνου) in the 1980s and expanded its goals, and became a member of Caritas Hellas in 1981. In 1994, it was registered as an NGO. Caritas Naxos-Tinos is the official social arm of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos.

Province

The Metropolitan's

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comprises his own archdiocese and the following

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dioceses : *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios The Diocese of Chios () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Chios in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete The Diocese of Crete () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Crete in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece. History Roman Catholic presence on the island of Crete dates ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Santorini * Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos.

Bishops

(all

)

Diocese of Naxos

''Erected: 13th Century''
''Latin Name: Naxiensis'' *Giorgio (1252.11.12 – ?) * Bernardino (1330.10.19 – 1332.05.13), later Bishop of Sorres (1332.05.13 – ?) *Daniele (? – death 1345) *Andrea,

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(O. Carm.) (1349.01.19 – 1356.05.29), later Bishop of

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(Italy) (1356.05.29 – 1360) *Tommaso,

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(O.F.M.) (1357.06.30 – ?) *Stefano (? – 1377.09.18), later (Metropolitan)

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of Cæsarea in Palæstina (1377.09.18 – ?) *Pantaleo Dioscoro di Nasso hichbis Italian for 'of Naxos'(1418.05.02 – ?), previously Bishop of

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(Greece) (1410.02.12 – 1418.05.02) *Leonardo,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1446.06.03 – ?) *Francesco, O.F.M. (1453.04.30 – ?) *Antonio (1458.12.29 – ?) *Nicola (1460.08.22 – ?) * Nicola di Gaeta (1479.02.13 – ?), previously Bishop of Minervino (1492.01.23 – 1497.05.15), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1497.05.15 – 1504.04.15) * Roberto de Noya (Noja), O.P. (1504.04.15 – 1515 Died)" Archbishop Roberto de Noya (Noja), O.P."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 14, 2016 *Paolo Zabarella, O.E.S.A. (1515 – ?) * Filippo di Vegis (1519.09.15 – 1523)

Archdiocese of Naxos

''Elevated: 1522''
''Latin Name: Naxiensis'' * Giacomo Coppi (archbishop) (1524–1538 Died) * Giuseppe de Montanaris (1538–1540 Died) * Sebastiano Leccavella, O.P. (1542–1562 Appointed, Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano) * Antonio Giustiniani (archbishop of Lipari), O.P. (1562–1564 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lipari) * Francesco Pisani (bishop) (1564–1569 Appointed, Bishop of Chioggia) * Domenico di Grammatica (1579–?) * Dionisio Reudio, O.F.M. (1593–1615 Died) ''(in Latin)'' * Angelo Gozzadini (1616–1621 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Civita Castellana e Orte) * Marco Antonio Quirino, O.Cruc. (1622–1625 Resigned) * Raffaele Schiattini (1625–1657 Died) *

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(1659–1691 Died) * Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. (1691–1700 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos) ''(in Latin)'' * Antonio Giustiniani (archbishop of Naxos) (1701–1730 Died) *Giovanni Francesco Bossi, O.F.M. Conv. (1730–1732 Died) *Antonio Maturi, O.F.M. (1733–1749 Resigned) *Pietro Martire de Stefani, O.P. (1750–1773 Died) *Giovanni Battista Crispi (1773–1796 Died) *Godefroid Philippe Joseph de La Porte, O.F.M. Cap. (1796–1799 Died) *Binkentios Coressi (1800–1814 Appointed, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople) *Andrea Veggetti (1816–1838 Died) *Niccola Candoni (1838–1842 Died) *Domenico Castelli, O.P. (1844–1852 Died) *François Cuculla (1853–1864 Died) *Lorenzo Bergeretti (1864–1742) *Giuseppe Zaffino (1875–1892 Appointed,

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) *Filippo Camassei (1904–1906 Appointed, Patriarch of Jerusalem) *Leonard Brindisi (1909–1919 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia)

Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos

''United: 3 June 1919 with the Diocese of Andros, the Diocese of Mykonos, and the Diocese of Tinos''
''Latin Name: Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis'' *Leonard Brindisi (1909–1919 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cefalonia) *Matteo Vido (1919–1924 Died) *Alessandro Guidati (1929–1947 Retired) *Joannis Baptist Filippucci (Filippoussis) (1947–1959 Died) *

Ioannis Perris Ioannis Perris (October 10, 1916 - August 20, 2006) was a Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos from October 24, 1960, to April 29, 1993. Biography Ioannis Perris was born on October 10, 1916, in Greece. After receiving theo ...

(1960–1993 Retired) *

Nikólaos Printesis Nikolaos Printezis or Printesis (; born 21 February 1941) is the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos and former Apostolic Administrator of Chios. Biography On 19 December 1965 Printezis was ordained priest. On ...

(1993–2021 Retired)

References

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnaxo.html

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
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