Latin Archbishopric of Neopatras
The Latin or Roman Catholic Archbishopric of Neopatras is a titular see of the Catholic Church. It was established briefly as a residential episcopal see at Neopatras ("New Patras", modern Ypati) in Central Greece, after the Fourth Crusade, in place of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Neopatras. The area was recovered by the Epirote Greeks in c. 1218, but came again under Latin rule in 1319 as the Duchy of Neopatras, leading to the restoration of the see until the Ottoman conquest. The archbishopric was restored as a titular see in 1933. Its last incumbent died in 1967.
Residential archbishops
[edit]| Name | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | 1208 | |
| John, OSB | 13 February 1218 – ? | |
| Ferrer d'Abella, OP | 27 June 1323 – 28 September 1330 | Subsequently Bishop of Mazara del Vallo |
| Jacob | ||
| Pietro Fabbri de Armoniaco, OFM | 9 August 1361 – ? | |
| Francis, OFM | ||
| Matthew, OFM | 6 February 1376 – ? |
Titular holders
[edit]The Latin archdiocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Catholic Metropolitan titular archbishopric (Latin: Novæ Patræ, adj. Neopatrensis; Curiate Italian: Neopatrasso).
| Name | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, OCD | 1934.11.12 – death 1945.06.14 | |
| Leonida Medina | 1947.07.19 – death 1953.12.25 | |
| Domenico Menna | 1954.09.08 – death 1957.10.08 | |
| Angelo Innocent Fernandes | 1959.06.04 – 1967.09.16 | As Coadjutor Archbishop of Delhi |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Novae Patrae at www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- Titular Metropolitan See of Novæ Patræ at www.gcatholic.org
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 429
- Le Quien, Michel (1740). Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus secundus, in quo Illyricum Orientale ad Patriarchatum Constantinopolitanum pertinens, Patriarchatus Alexandrinus & Antiochenus, magnæque Chaldæorum & Jacobitarum Diœceses exponuntur (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. coll. 123-126. OCLC 955922747.
- Gaetano Moroni, Patrasso o Neopatra o Nova Patrasso, in Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. LI, Venice 1851, p. 291
- Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, Vol. 1 Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, p. 362; Vol. 2, p. XXXII
