The Diocese of Novigrad (alias Diocese of Cittanova in Italian) was a

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of the

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located in the city of Novigrad,

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until it was suppressed to the

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in 1831."Diocese of Novigrad (Cittanova)"
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History

:TO ELABORATE * Established in 520 as the Diocese of Cittanova/ Novigrad, on reassigned territory from the suppressed Diocese of Emona (

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) * Lost territory in 542 to establish the

(Italy) * Gained territory back in 557 from above daughter Diocese of Trieste * Lost territory in 811 to the

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(Italy) * Held in

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('United ''aeque principaliter'') with the (also Croatia) Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč, Diocese of Poreč 1442–1448 * united ''aeque principaliter'' with the

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(Italy) 1448–1451.10.08 * united ''aeque principaliter'' with the

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(Venezia, Italy; Grado's Patriarchal successor see) 1451.10.08–1465 * Gained territory back in 1784 from above Italian daughter Diocese of Trieste * Suppressed on 30 June 1828, its territory being merged into the

via the

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, ''

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'', issued by

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on 30 June 1828; other sources state the official suppression came later on 23 May 1831

Residential Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Bishops of Cittanova/ Novigrad'' * Leonardo (1212? – death 1224) * Canziano (1228? – ?) * Gerardo (1230.06.05 – 1237?) * Bonaccorso (1243? – 1260?) * Nicolò (1269? – ?) * Egidio (1279? – 1283?) * Simone (1284.05.15 – 1301?) * Giraldo,

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(O.P.) (1308 – 1310?) * Canziano (1318 – death 1330.04.04) * Natale Bonafede (1330 – death 1344?) * Giovanni Morosini, O.E.S.A. (1347.02.12 – death 1358?) * Guglielmo Conti, O.P. (1359.03.15 – ?) * Giovanni Grandi(s),

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(O.E.S.A.) (21 April 1363 - death 1365) * Marino Michiel (1366.01.14 – death 1374?) * Nicolò Montaperto,

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(O.F.M.) (1376.05.14 – 1377.02.18), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Sicily, Italy) (1377.02.18 – death 1382) *

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Ambrogio da Parma (1377.02.20 – 1380.10.10), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Italy) (1389 – death 1391) * Paolo da Montefeltro, O.E.S.A. (1382.04 – 1400.08) **''

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(Croatia) (1420.03.04 – 1423.09.24), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1435.10.24 – 1440.10.15), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1435.10.24 – 1440.10.15), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1440.10.15 – death 1446.03.24) * Giacomo de Montina, O.F.M. (1409.09.09 – ?) **''

Cardinal Antonio Correr, C.R.S.A. (25 April 1420 - 20 Feb 1421), while

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of Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina (1409.05.09 – 1431.03.14),

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of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1412.07 – ?),

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(1420 – 1434); later

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of Sacred College of Cardinals (1431? – 1445.01.19), transferred Cardinal-Bishop of

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(1431.03.14 – death 1445.01.19), Apostolic Administrator of

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(Italy) (1435.10.10 – 1435.11.21) and Apostolic Administrator of

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* Filippo Paruta (1426.01.07 – 1426.04.02), next Bishop of

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(Italy) (1426.04.02 – 1448.02.20), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(insular Greece) (1448.02.20 – death 1458) * Giovanni Morosini (1426.11.05 – 1442?), succeeding as previous ''Apostolic Administrator of Cittanova (1426.05.27 – 1426.11.05)'' * Giovanni di Parenzo (1442 – retired 1448), died 1457; previously Bishop of Arba (Croatia) (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11), Bishop of

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(1451.10.08 – 1456.01.08), ''first in personal union Patriarch of

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(Venice, Italy) (1451.10.08 – 1456.01.08)''; previously Bishop of Castello (1433.05.12 – 1451.10.08) * Maffio Contarini (1456 – 1460) * Andrea Bondimerio,

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(Italy) (1449.10.31 – 1465.01.07) ;''Bishops of Cittanova/Novigrad'' * Francesco Contarini (1466 – 1495) * Marcantonio Foscarini (1495 – death 1521) *''

Antonio Marcello,

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of Patrasso (Patrae, peninsular Greece) (1520.05.21 – 1521.09.06)'' **''

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(28 Sep 1526 - 10 May 1535), ''see below'', while

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(Padua, Italy) (1524.08.08 – 1555); next promoted

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of S. Marco (1527.05.03 – 1555.05.29), Apostolic Administrator of

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(Italy) (1528.01.27 – 1564), also Cardinal-Deacon of

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of Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano (1555.05.29 – 1557.09.20), remaining Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco ''in commendam'' (1555.05.29 – 1564.06.21) ''see below * Vincenzo de Benedictis (1535.05.10 – death 1536) * Alessandro Orsi (1536.09.01 – 1559) **''

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(1557.09.20 – 1562.05.18)'' * Matteo Priuli (bishop) (1561.09.05 – 1565.04.13) **''

Cardinal

(1559 – 1561.09.05), while

(1564.05.12 – 1570.06.28) and

of Sacred College of Cardinals (1564.05.12 – 1570.06.28); long earlier career'' * Gerolamo Vielmi,

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(1653.11.24 – 1655.08.30) * Giacomo Bruti (1 July 1671 - death Nov 1679) * Nicolaus Gabrieli (19 June 1684 - 12 April 1717) * Daniele Sansoni (14 June 1717 - death March 1725), previously Bishop of

(1712.07 – 1717.07.14) * Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. (11 June 1725 - death 14 May 1732) * Gaspar Negri (21 July 1732 - 22 Jan 1742), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč, Diocese of Poreč (Croatia) (1742.01.22 – death 1778.01) * Marino Bozzatini (9 July 1742 - death 9 July 1754) * Stefano di Leoni (16 Sep 1754 - death May 1776) * Giovanni Domenico Straticò, O.P. (15 July 1776 - 20 Sep 1784), next Bishop of Hvar (Croatia) (1784.09.20 – death 1799) * Antonio Giovanni Giuseppe Lucovich (20 Sep 1784 - death 2 Dec 1794) * Teodoro Lauretano Balbi (1 June 1795 - death 23 May 1831).

Titular see

In 1969, the see was restored as a

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: *''Titular Archbishop: Ugo Poletti (1969.07.03 – 1973.03.05) as Second Vicegerent for the

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(Italy) (1969.07.03 – 1972.10.13) and as Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome (1972.10.13 – 1973.03.26); previously

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of Medeli (1958.07.12 – 1967.06.26) as

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(Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1969.07.03); later created

of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo (1973.03.05 – death 1997.02.25), President of Commission for Advocates (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25),

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for the above Vicariate of Rome (Italy) (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17),

of Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia (Italy) (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17),

of Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), Grand Chancellor of

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(1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), President of Liturgical Academy (1974? – 1990), President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1985.07.03 – 1991.03), Archpriest of

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(1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25)'' *''Titular Archbishop: Maximino Romero de Lema (1973.03.21 – 1996.10.29) as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of

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(1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Spain) (1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19), Bishop of

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(Spain) (1968.10.19 – 1973.03.21), Secretary of

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(1973 – 1986), Secretary of Congregation for Clergy (1973.03.21 – 1986)'' *''Titular Archbishop:

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(1997.07.22 – 2007.11.24), first as papal diplomat :

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(ambassador) to Venezuela (1997.07.22 – 2000.03.01), Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000.03.01 – 2000.09.16), then as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State (2000.09.16 – 2007.06.09); previously Regent of

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(1991.08.22 – 1992.04.02), Assessor for General Affairs of Papal Secretariat of State (1992.04.02 – 1997.07.22); later Prefect of

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(2007.06.09 – ...), Grand Chancellor of

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(2007.06.09 – ...), created

of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (2007.11.24 007.12.02– ...)'' * Beniamino Pizziol (2008.01.05 – 2011.04.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarchate of Venezia (Venice, Italy) (2008.01.05 – 2011.04.16); later Bishop of

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(Italy) (2011.04.16 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of

(Venezia, Italy) (2011.09.08 – 2012.01.31) * Lorenzo Leuzzi (Italian) (2012.01.31 – ...),

of the papal

(Italy) (2012.01.31 – ...).

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