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archdiocese of

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was created during the Crusades (1095-1487) in

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; later becoming titular. According to the ''

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'' 31 Latin archbishops served beginning in 1196, shortly after the conquest of Cyprus by

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, to 1502.

List of archbishops

Resident

*1196–1202

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*1211 Durand *1217–1250 Eustorge de Montaigu *1251–1261 Ugo di Fagiano *1262 Giovanni Colonna *1267 Giles *1268 Jean d'Angoulême *1270–1273 Bertrand Bernardi *1278–1286 Ranulf *1280s Raphael *1288–1296 John of Ancona *1296–1303 Gérard de Langres :''1303–? Henri de Gibelet (apostolic administrator)'' :''1306–? Tommaso de Muro (apostolic administrator)'' :''1308–? Pierre Erlant (apostolic administrator)'' :''1311–? Pierre de Brie (apostolic administrator)'' *1312-1332 Giovanni Conti *1332–1342 *1344–1361 *1361–1376 Raymond of Pradella *1376–1382 Béranger Grégoire *During the

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: :* Avignon obedience ::*1383–1406 Andrea Michelis :::''1411–1421 Hugh of Lusignan (apostolic administrator)'' :*Roman obedience ::*1382/3– Luchino ::*1395–1402 ::*1402–1412 *1421–1442 Hugh of Lusignan *1442–1447 Galesius of Montolif *1447 Giovanni Moreli *1447–1451 Andreas Chrysoberges *1456–1457 James of Cyprus (elect) :''1456–1463

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(apostolic administrator)'' *1467–1469 Nicola Guglielmo Goner *1471–1476 Louis Fenollet *1476 Giovanni Francesco Brusato *1477–1438/4 Vittore Marcello *1484–1495 Benedetto Superanzio (or Soranzo) :''1495

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(apostolic administrator)'' *1495–1502 Sebastiano Priuli *1502–1524 *1524–1552 Livio Podocathor *1552–1557 Cesare Podocathor *1560–1586

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Titular

*1728–1747 Raniero Felice Simonetti *1747–1773

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*1775–1779 Giuseppe Vincentini *1791–1797 Giuseppe Rossi *1818–1826

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*1828–1839 Filippo Maria Albertino Bellenghi *1832–1832 Giovanni Niccolò Tanara, became

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*1840–1862 Pietro Naselli *1877–1881 Stephen Petros X Azarian, became Patriarch of Cilicia *1882–1889 Elia Bianchi *1889–1904

Henry O'Callaghan Henry O'Callaghan (29 March 1827 – 10 October 1904) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1887 to 1889. Born in London on 29 March 1827, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese ...

*1905–1915 Cesare Boccanera *1915–1934 Francesco Cherubini *1934–1956

Guglielmo Piani Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. (16 September 1875 – 27 September 1956) also known as William Piani, was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines from 1 ...

*1957–1990 Aurelio Signora.Hierarchy: Nicosia (Titular See)
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