Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor
Diocese of Kotor Dioecesis Catharensis Которска бискупија | |
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Sede Vacante | |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
Apostolic Administrator | Rrok Gjonlleshaj |
Bishops emeritus | Ilija Janjić |
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The Diocese of Kotor (
The diocese's cathedral is the
History
The first documented bishop of Cattaro was Paulus, who participated in the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The next mention of the Diocese of Cattaro was 530, when it is mentioned as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salona (Solin).[4] The late Antiquity era, relatively the early Christian origin of the bishopric of Cattaro, is testified by an early Christian baptistery from the late 5th or early 6th centuries, discovered in an archeological examination of the Church of Saint Maria of Rijeka (Crkva sv. Marije od Rijeke) following the 1979 earthquake where the probable foundations of the first cathedral in Cattaro was discovered with remains, such as the cathedra and ciborium from the 6th century.[5]
John, a bishop of Cattaro, was certainly mentioned in the acts of the
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Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the borders of the diocese reached the
The first patron of the diocese was Saint George, who was later replaced by Saint Tryphon, whose relics were brought to Cattaro on 13 January 809. A church dedicated to Saint Tryphon was built in the early 9th century by Andrea Saracenis, a citizen of Cattaro.
Geography
The Diocese of Kotor borders the village of
.Bishops
- Paulus (ca. 451 – ????)
- Grimoald (1090 – ????)
- Adam (Adam of Aquitaine ) (1349 – 31 July 1352)[6]
- ...
- Bishop of Treviso)
- Bernardo da Venezia (21 Nov 1453 – 1457 Died)
- Bishop of Modon)
- Bishop of Ossero)
- Antonio de Pago (29 Mar 1471 – )
- Pietro Bruto (1474 – 1493)
- Giovanni Chericato, O. Crucif. (16 Aug 1493 – 1514 Died)
- Trifone Bisanti (2 May 1514 – 1540 Died)
- Luca Bisanti (1540 – 1565 Resigned)
- Paolo Bisanti (12 Oct 1565 – 1578 Resigned)
- Franjo Župan, O.F.M. Conv. (21 Nov 1578 – 1581 Died)
- Girolamo Bucchia (1581 – 1602 Died)
- Bishop of Chioggia)[7]
- Bishop of Capodistria)
- Giuseppe Pamphilj (15 Jun 1620 – 1622 Died)[8]
- Vincenzo Bucchi (Buschio) (5 Dec 1622 – 1655 Died)
- Ivan Antun Zboronac (24 Jul 1656 – 1688 Resigned)
- Bishop of Korčula)
- Francesco Parchich (Parcic), O.P. (6 May 1709 – May 1715 Died)
- Simone Gritti (30 Mar 1716 – 8 Jun 1718 Appointed, Bishop of Ferentino)
- Giacinto Zanobetti, O.P. (27 Jun 1718 – 10 Aug 1742 Died)
- Vincent Drago (15 Jul 1743 – 2 Aug 1744 Died)
- Giovanni Antonio Castelli (7 Sep 1744 – 29 May 1761 Resigned)
- Stefano dell'Oglio (19 Apr 1762 – 24 Jun 1788 Died)
- Giovanni Martino Bernardoni Baccolo (30 Mar 1789 – 5 Jun 1793 Resigned)
- Mihajlo Mate Spalatin (12 Sep 1794 – 27 Jun 1796 Appointed, Bishop of Šibenik)
- Francesco Pietro Raccamarich (27 Jun 1796 – 20 Jul 1801 Appointed, Bishop of Ossero)
- Marco Antonio Gregorina (28 Sep 1801 – 9 Jun 1815 Died)
- Stefano Pavlovic-Lucic (28 Jan 1828 Confirmed – 27 Feb 1853 Died)
- Bishop of Dubrovnik)
- Bishop of Split-Makarska)
- Djordje Marčić (22 Jun 1868 Confirmed – 3 Jan 1879 Died)
- Kazimir Forlani (12 May 1879 – 3 Aug 1887 Died)
- Trifon Radoničić (1 Jun 1888 – 1895 Died)
- Francesco Uccelini-Tice (18 Mar 1895 – 1 Jun 1937 Died)
- Pavao Butorac (5 Jan 1938 – 25 Sep 1950 Appointed, Bishop of Dubrovnik)
- Gracija Ivanović (25 Sept 1950 - 29 Apr 1981; diocesan administrator)
- Marko Perić (29 Apr 1981 – 5 Jun 1983 Died)
- Ivo Gugić (22 Nov 1983 – 11 Mar 1996 Retired)
- Ilija Janjić (11 Mar 1996 – 28 Sep 2019 Retired)
- Rrok Gjonlleshaj (28 Sep 2019 – 27 Apr 2021), Apostolic Administrator
- Ivan Štironja (27 Apr 2021 – 18 Mar 2023)
- Rrok Gjonlleshaj (18 Mar 2023 – present), Apostolic Administrator
See also
References
- ^ "Diocese of Kotor (Cattaro)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Kotor" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ International Bishops' Conference of St. Cyril and Methodius: Diocese of Kotor (Cattaro)
- ^ Lovorka Čoralić (2006). "Zbornik Odsjeka za povijesne znanosti Zavoda za povijesne i društvene znanosti Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti". pp. 302–305.
- ^ "Kratki pregled povijesti Kotorske biskupije". 2009.
- ^ "Franjevci Sv. Jeronim - Prelati".
- ^ "Bishop Angelo Baroni, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Giuseppe (Giacomo) Pamphilj" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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