The Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cefalonia () is a
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ecclesiastical territory or
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History
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of the
Catholic Church
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comprising the
Ionian islands
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of
Corfu
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,
Zakynthos
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and
Cephalonia
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in western
Greece
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.
["Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia"]
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016["Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia"]
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History
* 1310: Established as Diocese of Corfù
* June 3, 1919: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu – Zakynthos – Cephalonia
Leadership
; Archbishops of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia
* Archbishop (since 14 September 2020)
* Archbishop
Yannis Spiteris,
OFMCap (22 March 2003 – 14 September 2020)
* Archbishop
Antonios Varthalitis
Antonios Varthalitis, Assumptionists, AA (; 1 January 1924 in – 27 October 2007) was from 1962 to 2003 Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia.
Life
Antonios Varthalitis joined the Congr ...
,
AA (1962.05.30 – 2003.03.22)
* Archbishop
Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, AA (1947.05.29 – 1952.07.06)
* Fr.
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(Apostolic Administrator 1941–1944)
* Archbishop
Leonard Brindisi (1919.07.03 – 1940.09.08)
; Bishops of Corfu
* Archbishop
Domenico Darmanin (1912.03.04 – 1919.02.17)
* Archbishop
Teodoro Antonio Polito
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(? – 1911.09.23)
* Archbishop
Antonio Delenda (1898.03.24 – 1900.08.20)
* Bishop
Evangelista Boni, OFMCap (1885.01.11 – ?)
* Bishop
Francis Joseph Nicholson
Francis Joseph Nicholson OCD (29 April 180330 April 1855) was a Discalced Carmelite and archbishop of Corfu, then in the United States of the Ionian Islands, a British protectorate. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Around the middle of the 19th ...
,
OCD (1852.05 – 1855.04.30)
*
Patriarch
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Daulus Augustus Foscolo (1816.03.08 – 1830.03.15)
*
Patriarch
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Francesco Maria Fenzi
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(1779.09.20 – 1816.09.23)
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Angelo Maria Quirini
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Born in Venice, he entered the Benedictine Order in Florence in 1695 and was ordained in 1702. From 1710 to 1714, ...
,
OSBCas (1723.11.22 – 1727.07.30)
* Cardinal
Marcantonio Barbarigo
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(1678.06.06 – 1687.07.07)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Greece
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References
Sources
GCatholic.orgDiocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece
Religious organizations established in the 1310s
1310 establishments in Europe
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