Roman Catholic Diocese of Arbe

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The Diocese of Arbe or Diocese of Rab or Diocese of Arba (Latin: Dioecesis Arbensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of

Arbe (modern day Rab) on the Croatian island of the same name located just off the Adriatic coast of northern Dalmatia, in Croatia, where still stands the former cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary
.

History

The diocese was ancient as it was founded no later than 532, and in the papal sway, originally as

Archdiocese of Spalato (later Salona, then Split, now Spalato-Macarsca).[citation needed
]

On 17 October 1154 it became

]

On 30 June 1828, while inner Dalmatia was part of the

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Arbe
  • Tiziano (Titianus), in 532 attended the Council of Salona (now Split, Croatia)
  • Pietro I (mentioned in 986)
  • Maggio (in 1018)
  • Dragone (before 1068 - till 1071)
  • Pietro II (mentioned in 1072)
  • Gregorio (in 1075)
  • Domano ( circa 108)
  • Vitale (Vitalis) (in 1086)
  • Pietro III (in 1094)
  • Lupo or Paolo (Paulus) † (circa 1097 - 1110)
  • Bono (1111 – 1145)
  • Andrea (1179? – 1193?)
  • Prodano del Lauro (1205 – 1212)
  • Venanzio (1216 – ?)
  • Andrea (1220 – ?)
  • Giovanni (1225 – 1225)
  • Giordano (1225 – 1238)
  • Paolo (1239 – 1243)
  • Stefano de Dominis (1249 – 1258)
  • Gregorio Ermolao (1260 – death 1289?)
  • Matteo Ermolao I(1291? – 1292)
  • Giorgio Ermolao I (1292 – death 1313)
  • Aimone,
    Oleno (peninsular Greece
    ) (1310? – 1313.01.13)
  • Francesco de Filippo (1321 – ?)
  • Giorgio Ermolao II (1329 – death 1363)
  • Crisogono de Dominis (1363.06.07 – 1372.07.14), next Bishop of ) (1403 – ? not possessed)
  • Zodenigo Zodenighi (1372.11.03 – death 1412.01.06)
  • Martino Carnota (Marino Carnota) (1414.02.11 – 1423.05.07), next Bishop of
    Traù (Trogir, Croatia) (1423.05.07 – 1424.12.11), Bishop of Trieste
    (Italy) (1424.12.11 – 1441)
  • Francesco Servandi, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1423.05.07 – 1428.02.24); next Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1428.02.24 – death 1448.03.29)
  • Angelo Cavazza (23 Feb 1428 - 7 Jan 1433), next Bishop of
    Traù
    (Trogir, Croatia) (1440.04.11 – death 1452.05)
  • Jean de Parenzo (7 Jan 1433 - 11 April 1440), next Bishop of
    Cittanova
    (1442 – death 1448)
  • Matteo Ermolao II (11 April 1440 - ?death ?1443), previously Bishop of Sapë (Albania) (1433.03.06 – 1440.04.11)
  • Senj
    (Croatia) (1442.05.04 – 1443.07.24)
  • Giovanni Scaffa (18 Sep 1450 - death ?1471)
  • Concordia
    (Italy) (1488.10.22 – death 1506.08.19)
  • Alonso Malumbra (19 Jan 1484 - death 1514)
  • Vincenzo Negusanti (20 Nov 1514 - resigned 1567)
  • Biagio Sideneo (1567.10.08 – death 1583.06.11)
  • Andrea Cernota, Observant? Franciscans (O.F.M. Obs.) (1583.08.08 – death 1588)
  • Pasquale da Padova,
    Camaldolese Benedictines
    (O.S.B. Cam.) (1588.09.19 – death 1621)
  • Order of Saint Benedict
    (O.S.B.) (25 Oct 1621 - death 1635)
  • Pietro Gaudenzi (bishop) (3 March 1636 - death 1664)
  • Domnii Gaudenzi (9 June 1664 - death June 1695)
  • Ottavio =
    Assisi
    (Italy) (1698.12.19 – death 1715.03.24)
  • Antonio Rosignoli (30 March 1700 - 27 Nov 1713), next Bishop of
    Nona
    (now Nin, Croatia) (1713.11.27 – ?death)
  • Vincenzio Lessio (11 Dec 1713 - 2 Oct 1719), next Bishop of Krk (Croatia) (1719.10.02 – ?)
  • Doymus Zeni (6 May 1720 - March death 1728)
  • Andrea Carlovich (15 Dec 1728 - death 12 Jan 1738)
  • Pacifico Bizza (24 Nov 1738 - 17 Jan 1746), next Archbishop of Metropolitan
    Salona
    (now Split, Croatia) (1746.01.17 – death 1756)
  • Giovanni Calebotta (14 June 1746 - 16 Feb 1756), next Bishop of Šibenik(Croatia) (1756.02.16 – death 1759.02.28)
  • Giovanni Luca Garagnin (24 May 1756 - 5 June 1765), next Archbishop of Metropolitan
    Salona
    (now Split, Croatia) (1765.06.05 – death 1780.10.20)
  • Giovanni Battista Jurileo (9 Dec 1765 - 29 July 1771), next
    Bishop of Nona
    (now Nin, Croatia) (1771.07.29 – death 1788)
  • Giovanni Maria Antonio dall'Ostia (16 Dec 1771 - death 26 Oct 1794)
  • Giovanni Pietro Galzigna (1 June 1795 - death 26 Dec 1823), previously Bishop of
    Traù
    (Trogir, Croatia) (1790.11.29 – 1795.06.01)

See suppressed: 30 June 1828

Titular see

It was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin

Titular bishopric of Arba (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Arbe / Arben(sis) (Latin adjective).[1]

It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Titular Episcopal See of Arba" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 17 May 2017
  2. ^ "Diocese of Arbe (Rab)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 16, 2016[self-published source]

Sources and external links

Bibliography
  • papal bulla
    'Locum beati Petri', in Raffaele de Martinis, Iuris pontificii de propaganda fide. Pars prima, vol. IV, Rome 1891, p. 697
  • Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, pp. 394–395
  • Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 101; vol. 2, p. 92; vol. 3, p. 115; vol. 4, p. 91; vol. 5, p. 95; vol. 6, p. 95