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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos ( la, Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is an
archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in insular Greece. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, in the village of Xinara, on Tinos, but is also has a Co-Cathedral of the Presentation of the Lord, in Naxos town. The ecclesiastical territory comprises most of the Aegean islands in Greece, including, but not limited to Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos. Josif Printezis was appointed bishop in January 2021, and will be consecrated and installed in March.


History

Originally erected as the Diocese of Naxos in the 13th century, the Latin bishopric was promoted to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos in 1522, after the fall of Rhodes (Ottoman conquest), when the Archiepiscopal see for its Knights Hospitallers' crusader state was in fact moved from there. In 1538, Naxos (along with the islands of Andros, Paros, and
Santorini Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the ...
) fell to the Ottoman naval commander Hayreddin Barbarossa. In response, Pope Paul III assembled a ’’Holy League’’, comprising the
Papacy The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
, Spain, the Republic of Genoa, the Republic of Venice and the
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, to confront Barbarossa but were defeated at the
Battle of Preveza The Battle of Preveza was a naval battle that took place on 28 September 1538 near Preveza in Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece between an Ottoman fleet and that of a Holy League assembled by Pope Paul III. It occurred in the same area in ...
. On June 3, 1919, the Archdiocese of Naxos was united with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tinos and Mykonos (which in 1824 had absorbed the suppressed
Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros The Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros was a Latin catholic bishopric in insular Greece. In 1919, it was absorbed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.ecclesiastical province comprises his own archdiocese and the following
suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
dioceses : * Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios *
Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete ( la, Dioecesis Candiensis) is a diocese located on the island of Crete in the Ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece. History Roman Catholic presence on the island of Crete da ...
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Santorini The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santorini ( la, Dioecesis Sanctoriensis) is a diocese located in the city of Santorini in the Ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos.


Bishops

(all Latin Church)


Diocese of Naxos

''Erected: 13th Century''
''Latin Name: Naxiensis'' *Giorgio (1252.11.12 – ?) * Bernardino (1330.10.19 – 1332.05.13), later Bishop of
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(1332.05.13 – ?) *Daniele (? – death 1345) *Andrea, Carmelites (O. Carm.) (1349.01.19 – 1356.05.29), later Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1356.05.29 – 1360) *Tommaso, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1357.06.30 – ?) *Stefano (? – 1377.09.18), later (Metropolitan) Titular Archbishop of
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(1377.09.18 – ?) *Pantaleo Dioscoro di Nasso hichbis Italian for 'of Naxos'(1418.05.02 – ?), previously Bishop of Syros (Greece) (1410.02.12 – 1418.05.02) *Leonardo, Augustinian Order (O.E.S.A.) (1446.06.03 – ?) *Francesco, O.F.M. (1453.04.30 – ?) *Antonio (1458.12.29 – ?) *Nicola (1460.08.22 – ?) *
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(1479.02.13 – ?), previously Bishop of Minervino (1492.01.23 – 1497.05.15), Bishop of Acerra (Italy) (1497.05.15 – 1504.04.15) *
Roberto de Noya Roberto de Noya, Order of Preachers, O.P. or Roberto de Noja (died 1515) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Naxos (1504–1515), Bishop of Acerra (1497–1504), and Bishop of Minervino Murge (1492–1497). Biography Roberto ...
(Noja), O.P. (1504.04.15 – 1515 Died)" Archbishop Roberto de Noya (Noja), O.P."
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*Paolo Zabarella, O.E.S.A. (1515 – ?) * Filippo di Vegis (1519.09.15 – 1523)


Archdiocese of Naxos

''Elevated: 1522''
''Latin Name: Naxiensis'' *
Giacomo Coppi (archbishop) Jacopo Coppi, also called ''Giacomo Coppi'' or "'Jacopo del Meglio'" ("the Best") (Peretola, 1546 1591) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Florence and Rome in a Mannerism, Mannerist style. Other sources call him Giacinto Coppi. Biogr ...
(1524–1538 Died) *
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(1538–1540 Died) * Sebastiano Leccavella, O.P. (1542–1562 Appointed,
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) * Antonio Giustiniani (archbishop of Lipari), O.P. (1562–1564 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lipari) * Francesco Pisani (bishop) (1564–1569 Appointed, Bishop of Chioggia) * Domenico di Grammatica (1579–?) * Dionisio Reudio, O.F.M. (1593–1615 Died) ''(in Latin)'' * Angelo Gozzadini (1616–1621 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Civita Castellana e Orte) * Marco Antonio Quirino,
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(1625–1657 Died) *
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(1659–1691 Died) * Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. (1691–1700 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos) ''(in Latin)'' * Antonio Giustiniani (archbishop of Naxos) (1701–1730 Died) *Giovanni Francesco Bossi, O.F.M. Conv. (1730–1732 Died) *Antonio Maturi, O.F.M. (1733–1749 Resigned) *Pietro Martire de Stefani, O.P. (1750–1773 Died) *Giovanni Battista Crispi (1773–1796 Died) *Godefroid Philippe Joseph de La Porte,
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(1796–1799 Died) *Binkentios Coressi (1800–1814 Appointed, Coadjutor
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Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos

''United: 3 June 1919 with the Diocese of Andros, the Diocese of Mykonos, and the Diocese of Tinos''
''Latin Name: Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis'' *Leonard Brindisi (1909–1919 Appointed, Archbishop of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cefalonia) *Matteo Vido (1919–1924 Died) *Alessandro Guidati (1929–1947 Retired) *Joannis Baptist Filippucci (Filippoussis) (1947–1959 Died) * Ioannis Perris (1960–1993 Retired) *
Nikólaos Printesis Nikolaos Printezis or Printesis ( el, Νικόλαος Πρίντεζης; born 21 February 1941) is the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos and former Apostolic Administrator of Chios. Biography On 19 December ...
(1993–2021 Retired)


References

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnaxo.html


Sources and external links


GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Tinos Mykonos Naxos Andros