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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Risano
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Risan(o) or Risinio (Latin Risinium) was a Latin Catholic bishopric from the sixth to the 17th century and is now a Latin titular see. History Established as Diocese of Risano (Italian; Latin Risinium) with see at Risan, site of Ancient Rhizon. It was a suffragan of the Metropolitan (also Montenegrine) Archdiocese of Diocleia in the Late Roman province of Dalmatia Superior. It was suppressed , its territory being merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor (Cattaro), also in Montenegro. Episcopal ordinaries (all Roman Rite) ;''Suffragan bishops of Risano'' (incomplete in the sixth and possibly until the 13th century) * Sebastiano(591? – 595?) :vacancy? * Michele, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.)(1271? – ?) * Davide da Ginevra, O.E.S.A.(1327? – 1349?) * Nicola, Conventual Friars Minor (O.F.M. Conv.) (? – death 1350?) * Doimo, O.F.M.(1351.03.28 – 1352.10.25), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor, Kotor (Cattaro) (Montenegro) (1352. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titular See
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbishop" (intermediary rank) or "titular bishop" (lowest rank), which normally goes by the status conferred on the titular see. Titular sees are dioceses that no longer functionally exist, often because the territory was conquered by Muslims or because it is schismatic. The Greek–Turkish population exchange of 1923 also contributed to titular sees. The see of Maximianoupolis along with the town that shared its name was destroyed by the Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan in 1207; the town and the see were under the control of the Latin Empire, which took Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Parthenia, in north Africa, was abandoned and swallowed by desert sand. Catholic Church During the Muslim conquests of the Middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |