The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar ( cnr, Барска надбискупија, Barska nadbiskupija; sq, Kryepeshkopata Katolike Romake e Tivarit; la, Archidioecesis Antibarensis) is a

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(Italian ''Antivari''). It was erected as a diocese in the 9th century and elevated to an archdiocese in 1089. The Archbishopric was by the Pope's decree abolished some time after 1140, until it was restored by the Serbian medieval Nemanjić dynasty in 1199. The Archbishops regularly bore titles of "

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of Serbia" (''Primas Serviae''), implemented as a permanent part of the title by Archbishop Stephen Tegliatti in 1475. The archdiocese's new cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle (consecrated in September 2017) in Bar. Its old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located near

Stari Bar Stari Bar ( cyrl, Стари Бар; sq, Tivar i Vjetër, lit. "Old Bar") is a small town in Montenegro. It is located inland, a few miles from the new city of Bar, resting on Londša hill, at the foot of Mount Rumija. According to the 2003 cen ...

Rrok Gjonlleshaj Rrok Gjonlleshaj ( cnr, Рок Ђонлешај, Rok Đonlešaj; born 10 February 1961) is a Montenegrin Albanian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Bar from 2016. He briefly served as the apostolic administrator of the ...

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Tuzi Tuzi ( cnr, Tuzi/Тузи, ; sq, Tuz or ''Tuzi'') is a small town in Montenegro and the seat of Tuzi Municipality, Montenegro. It is located along a main road between the city of Podgorica and the Albanian border crossing, just a few kilometers n ...

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, and Klezna were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër. In 1969, the territory of the municipalities of Plav,

Gusinje Gusinje ( cyrl, Гусиње, ; sq, Gucia) is a small town in north-eastern Montenegro. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,673 and is the administrative center of Gusinje Municipality. Name Two alternative etymologies h ...

, and

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were added to the Archbishopric from the

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History

In 1571 when Ottomans captured

Antivari Bar (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian: Бар, ; sq, Tivar; it, Antivari or ''Antibari'') is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro. It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism ...

the Catholic Church in border area and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar began to collapse and main reasons for this is emigration of indigenous peoples, but also immigration of new ethnic and religious element, brought by the Ottomans. Because of a lack of Catholic priests, entire

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Archbishops

*Peter (1064–1094) *Sergius (1094?/ca. 1110?–1124?) *Elijah (ca. 1124 – 1140) *John I (1199–1247) *John II (

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) (1248–1252) *Gufrid (April 1253 – 1254) *Lawrence I (1255–1270) *Gašpar Adam (1270–1280) *Michael (1282–1298) *Rudger (1298–1301), member of the

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, writer
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*Marinus I ( Marin Petrov Žaretić) (1301–1306) *

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(1307–1324) *William I (

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) (1324–1341) *John III (1341–1347) *Dominic (1349–1360) *Stephen (1361–1363) *John IV (1363–1373) *John V (1373–1382) *Anton (1383–1390) *Raymond (1391–1395) *Ludovik I ( Ludovik Bonito) (1395) *Marinus II (1396–1420) *John VI (1420–1422) * Peter II (1423–1448) * Andrew II (1448–1459) *Lawrence II (1459–1460) *Mark I (1460–1461) *Simon I (

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) (1462–1473)"Archbishop Šimun Vosić (Vossich)"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 6, 2016 *Philip ( Philip Gaius) (1485–1509) *Jeronim (1509–1517) * Lawrence III (1517–1525) *John VII (1525?–1528?) *Ludovik II ( Lodovico Chieregati) (1528–1551) * John VIII (1551–1571) *Theodore (1575) *Ambrosius ( Ambrozije Kapić) (1579–1598) *Thomas ( Toma Ursini) (1598–1607) *Marinus III (

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) (1608–1624) *Peter III (

Pjetër Mazreku Pjetër Mazreku (1584–16??) ( it, Pietro Massarecchi, lat, Petrus Massarecchius) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote documents on the state of Christians in the Ottoman Empire, and authored an Albanian etymologi ...

) (1624–1634) *George I (

Gjergj Bardhi Gjergj Bardhi or Giorgio Bianchi, shortly called Grili, (1575 – 16 October 1646) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Gjergj Bardhi was born in region of Zadrima, modern northern Albania in 1575. His family included several ...

) (1635–1644) *Francis I ( Franjo Leonardi) (1644–1646) *Joseph ( Josip Buonaldo) (1646–1653) *Mark II ( Marco Crisio) (1654–1656) *Andrew III (

Andrija Zmajević Andrija Zmajević ( cyrl, Андрија Змајевић; 6 June 1628 - 7 September 1694) was a Baroque poet, the Archbishop of Antivari and a theologian. Biography Zmajević was born in Perast, in the Bay of Kotor, at the time part of the Republ ...

) (1671–1694) *Mark III (

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) (1696–1700) *Vincent I ( Vićenco (Vicko) Zmajević) (1701–1713) * Egidio Quinto (1719–1722?) *Matthew (Matija Štukanović(?)) (1722–1744?) *Mark IV ( Marco de Luchi) (1745–1749) *Lazarus I ( Lazër Vladanji) (1749–1786) *George II ( Gjergj Junki) (1786–1787) *George III (

Gjergj Radovani Giorgio Angelo Radovani ( la, Georgius Angelus Radovani, sq, Gjergj Engjëll Radovani; 1734–1790) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Life Radovani was born in İşkodra (Shkodër), at the time part of the Ottoman Empire ( ...

) (1787–1790) *Francis II ( Francesco Borzi) (1791–1822) *Vincent II (

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) (1824–1839) *Charles ( Karlo Poten) (1855–1886) *Simon II (

Šimun Milinović Šimun Milinović (24 February 1835 in Lovreć – 24 March 1910 in Bar) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest and Franciscan who was the Serbian Primate (''Primas Serbiae'') and Archbishop of Antivari from 1886 to 1910. Milinović was Croa ...

) (1886–1910) *Nicholas (

Nikola Dobrečić Nikola Dobrečić (; 28 January 1872 – 14 November 1955) was a Roman Catholic priest, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar, Archbishop of Bar and Primate of Serbia, restorer of the Roman Catholic Church in Montenegro, reformer, poet, philanthropist ...

) (1912–1955) *Alexander ( Aleksandar Tokić) (1955–1979) *Peter IV ( Petar Perkolić) (1979–1997) * Zef Gashi (1998–2016) *

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A short look at the history of the Bishoprics of Kotor and Bar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bar Roman Catholic dioceses in Montenegro Dioceses established in the 9th century

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