Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria

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Patriarchate of Alexandria
Bishopric
catholic
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Established1215
Dissolved1964
CathedralBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

The Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria was a nominal

Latin church on the see of Alexandria in Egypt.[1][2]

History

Origins

Alexandria, the ancient great port of Egypt and a first-rank Mediterranean metropolis in the Hellenistic world, was an influential early Christian diocese. It was founded, according to Church tradition, by Saint Mark the Evangelist. The First Council of Nicaea ranked it after Rome, while the Greek fathers of the Council of Chalcedon tried in canon 28 to demote it, giving it third place after Constantinople, although Pope Leo I of Rome rejected this canon. However, following the same council, the patriarchate was claimed by two parties: a Greek patriarch who adhered to the dogmatic definitions of Chalcedon and a Coptic Miaphysite patriarch who rejected them. The Greek patriarch had little pastoral control over Christians in the patriarchate as most Christians soon accepted the Coptic Church as the true church.

While part of the

Fourth Lateran Council.[4]

Patriarch in Rome

The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, which was the Roman seat of the Latin Patriarch of Alexandria

Records of a Latin patriarch of Alexandria begin only in the 14th century. The position was merely titular since the bishop never occupied the See. His patriarchal cathedral in Rome was the papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Many incumbents would hold residential (arch)episcopal posts of various ranks in Catholic countries, and even (earlier and/or later) other Titular Latin patriarchates (Jerusalem, Constantinople). The titular see would have its share of disputed nominations during the papal schism in Avignon.

Since 1724, the

Catholic Church
.

Supression

The titular Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria was left vacant in 1954 and suppressed in January 1964 along with those of

Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, showing the Latin Church by this point was more interested in reconciliation with the Eastern Church, abolishing the titular title. [6]

Latin patriarchs of Alexandria

References

  1. ^ "Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Alexandria {Alessandria} (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016
  3. ^ Steven Runciman. The Eastern Schism. (Oxford, 1955). pp. 99-100.
  4. ^ Steven Runciman. The Eastern Schism. (Oxford, 1955). pp. 99-100.
  5. ^ "Three Latin quriarchafes dropped, yearbook reveals". 1964. p. 2. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ISBN 9788876527739
    . Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Alessandro Cardinal Crescenzi, C.R.S. " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 9, 2016

Sources and external links

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