Alba Maritima ( it, Alba Marittima) is a Catholic

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. It corresponds to current

Biograd na Moru Biograd na Moru (), shortened to simply Biograd (), is a town in northern Dalmatia, Croatia and is significant for being another capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia. Biograd is administratively part of the Zadar County. It is located on t ...

in Croatia. Its last titular was

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Celso Morga Iruzubieta Celso Morga Iruzubieta (born 28 January 1948 in Huércanos, La Rioja, Spain) is the current Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz. He had previously served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on ...

, until he was appointed as

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archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz.

History

The

refers to the diocese of Zaravecchia (Biograd), and it is also known with the name of Alba Marittima, in

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, built in the 11th century; when the city was destroyed bishops moved their titular see to

Scardona Skradin ( it, Scardona; grc, Σκάρδων) is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, with a population of 3,825 (2011 census). It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and ...

. From the 20th century Alba Marittima has been restored as a full

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 archbish ...

Titular bishops and archbishops

*Matthaeus Berniacovich, O.F.M. (20 December 1675 – 10 January 1707 ) *

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(24 January 1709 Appointed – 19 January 1720 died) *

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† (23 December 1729 – 2 March 1733) * Sandor Bodonyi (17 November 1806 – 1812 died) *

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(27 April 1833 – 1 February 1836 ) *

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(20 January 1904 – 24 May 1910 ) *Dominik Premus (26 February 1915 – 27 March 1934 died)In the nomination act, the ''

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'' refer to the see as ''Bellogradensis et Semendriensis graeci ritus''; while, reporting the death of the bishop in 1934,the same documents refer his titular see as Belgrad on the sea thus Alba Maritima. *Frederick Hall, M.H.M. (9 April 1948 – 25 March 1953 nominated archbishop of Kisumu) *

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(5 August 1954 – 29 March 1960 Died) *

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(20 April 1960 – 28 June 1972 nominated bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg) *

Francesco Monterisi Francesco Marco Nicola Monterisi (born 28 May 1934) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church, who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1964 to 1998 and then held senior positions in the Roman Curia until he retired in 20 ...

(24 December 1982 – 20 November 2010 nominated cardinal deacon of San Paolo alla Regola) *

(29 December 2010 – 8 October 2014 nominated archbishop coadjutor of Mérida-Badajoz) *

Augusto Paolo Lojudice , previous_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (2015-19) Titular Bishop of Alba marittima (2015-19) Augusto Paolo Lojudice (born 1 July 1964) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-M ...

, from 6 March 2015 *

Giovanni Gaspari Giovanni Gaspari (born 6 June 1963) is an Italian priest of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 2001. He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and to São Tomé and Príncipe in September 2020. Biog ...

(21 September 2020 – present)

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