The Roman Catholic Diocese of Retimo Latin: Dioecesis Rhithymnensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Rethymo (modern day
Rethymno
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) on the north coast of the island of
Crete
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.
[ (for Chronology of Bishops) ][ (for Chronology of Bishops) ] It was established around 1250 AD. On 5 November 1551, it was renamed as Diocese of Retimo–Ario (Italian) / Rhithymnensis–Ariensis (Latin) and gained territory from the suppressed
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ario.
Bishops of Rethymo
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Luca Grimani, (13 Nov 1409–1418 Appointed,
Bishop of Canea)
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Bartolomeo Averoldi (18 Sep 1517–1537 Died)
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Alberto Pascaleo de Utino,
O.P. (29 Oct 1537–1540 Appointed,
Bishop of Chioggia)
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Bishops of Rethymo-Ario
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Timoteo Giustiniani,
O.P. (5 Oct 1551–1564 Appointed,
Bishop of Chios)
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Bartolomeo Chiapponi (24 Apr 1564–1581 Died)
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Giulio Carrara (16 May 1582 – 1589 Died)
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Lelio Zanchi (5 Feb 1590–1594 Died)
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Ferdinando D'Avila (Pietro D'Avila)
O.F.M. Obs. (4 Mar 1592–1594 Appointed,
Bishop of Ascoli Satriano)
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Sebastiano Aroldus,
O.F.M. Obs. (9 Mar 1594–1609 Died)
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Luca Stella (15 Jun 1609–Nov 1615 Appointed,
Archbishop of Zadar)
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Giovanni Sanctatus,
O.P. (27 Jan 1616–1617 Died)
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Stephanus Penulatius,
O.S.H.
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(12 Jun 1617 – )
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Giovanni Francesco Gozzadini (12 Aug 1641 –)
Titular see
With the
Ottoman conquest of Crete, around 1650?, the residential diocese was suppressed and listed as
titular bishopric
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of Rhithymna (Latin) / Retimo (Italian).
In 1936, the titular see was suppressed, having has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Francesco Trevisan Suarez (1728.11.15 – 1738.11.24)
* José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga (1828.12.15 – 1832.12.17)
* Marco Antonio Maiz (1844.07.25 – 1848.05.15)
* William Wareing (1858.12.21 – 1865.12.26)
* James David Richards (1871.01.13 – 1893.11.30)
*Paul Pellet,
Society of African Missions
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(S.M.A.) (1895.01.15 – 1914.03.11)
* Americo Bevilacqua (1915.01.22 – 1918.02.02), previously Bishop of
Alatri
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(Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1915.01.22); later
Titular Archbishop
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of
Scythopolis (1918.02.02 – death 1926.03.20)
* António Antunes (1919.09.12 – 1936.03.01)
References
Retimo
Rethymno (regional unit)
Kingdom of Candia
13th-century establishments in Europe
17th-century disestablishments in Europe
17th-century disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
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