Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes
Archdiocese of Rhodes Archidioecesis Rhodiensis Αρχιεπισκοπή Ρόδου | |
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The Archdiocese of Rhodes (
One former cathedral of "Our Lady of the Castle" was turned into a mosque during the Ottoman period and is now a museum, the other former cathedral of St. John was turned into a Greek Orthodox church.
History
An ancient diocese was established in Rhodes around 200 AD and promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese around 400 AD. It continues as the
A Catholic see was established on the island when it became the seat of the Knights Hospitaller in 1308 following their conquest of Rhodes. In 1523, with the fall of the island to the Ottoman Empire, it was suppressed as a residential diocese but turned into a titular see.
On March 28, 1928, it was restored as non-metropolitan, exempt Archdiocese of Rhodos on the territory of the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Rhodes and adjacent islands.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Rhodes
- Belijan (? – 1324.09.26), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Salona(Croatia) (1324.09.26 – 1328.01.28)
- Ugo de Scuria, Ragusa (Croatia) (1361.12.15 – 1370.07.12), finally Archbishop-Bishop of Ostuni(Italy) (1370.07.12 – death 1374)
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- Titular Archbishops of Rhodes
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- Francesco Niccolini, (1685.09.10 – 1692.02.04)
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- Exempt Archbishops of Rhodes
- Archbishop Apostolic Administrator(1928 – 1929)
- Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. (1929.01.15 – 1937.03.25)
- Friar Pier Crisologo Fabi, O.F.M. as Apostolic Administrator (1937 – 1938)
- Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. (1938.03.30 – 1970.03.10)
- Friar Michail-Petros Franzidis, O.F.M. as Apostolic Administrator (1970 – 1992)
- Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos as Apostolic Administrator (1992 – 2014)
- Sevastianos Rossolatos as Apostolic Administrator (12 August 2014 – 14 July 2021)
- S.J.as Apostolic Administrator (14 July 2021 – present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Greece
- Panagia tou Kastrou
References
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