The Archbishop of Nazareth is a former residential Metropolitan see, first in the Holy Land, then in Apulian exile in Barletta (southern Italy), which had a

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and a Maronite successor as

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s, the first merged into

Barletta Barletta () is a city, '' comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory be ...

, the second suppressed."Nazareth (Titular See)"
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History

Biblical Nazareth was one of the major sees of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades. After capturing Nazareth, the leaders of the

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moved there the

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of Scythopolis, while the

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continued to maintain two separate dioceses. Nazareth thus became a

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Metropolitan Archdiocese circa 1100. Among its suffragans were the Bishopric of Tiberias and the Abbot of

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. Following the Muslim conquest in the Holy Land, the Archbishops of Nazareth took refuge in

( Apulia, southern

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), and moved permanently there in 1327. It began the long line of Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth residing in Barletta, which was called the see of Nazareth in Barletta. On June 27, 1818, with the papal bull ''De ulteriori'' of Pope Pius VII, the Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed. On 22 October 1828, with the Bull ''Multis quidem'' of

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, the title of Archbishop of Nazareth was granted to the Archbishops of

Trani Trani () is a seaport of Apulia, in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, by railway west-northwest of Bari. It is one of the capital cities of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. History Overview The city of ''Turenum'' appears for the fir ...

. By mergers, the title passed again to the restyled Archbishops of Trani-Barletta (1860) and then to the Archbishops of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1986).

Metropolitan Archbishops of and in Nazareth

(all Roman Rite) * Bernard (c. 1120) * William (1129–1138) * Robert I (1138–1151) * Robert II (1151–?) * Attard (?–1159) * Letard (1160–1190) * Gervasio (?–1222) * Nicholas (c. 1230) * Hugh (1231–1239) * Henry (1239–1268) * Guy (1273–1288) * William of St. John, Knights Templar (O.Templ.) (1288–?) * Peter (?–1326)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta

(all Roman Rite) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta'' *Yvo (1327–1330) *Pietro of Naples,

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(O.P.) † (1330–1345) *Durando, Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) (1345–1348) *Riccardo, O.F.M. (1348–1366) *Guglielmo Belvaysius, O.P. (1366–1369) *Giovanni Salomoni, O.P. (1369–1380) *Giordano Estublans, O.P. (1381–?) *Giovanni Alessio (1390–1400) *Paolo di Arezzo,

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(O.F.M.) (1400–1431) *Agostino Favaroni,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1431–1443) *Marino Orsini (1445–?) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta-Cann(a)e'', having absorbed the title of ''Bishop of Cannae'' *Giacomo de Aurilia, O.F.M. (1455–1483) *Giovanni de Barthon, (1483–1491) *Giovanni Maria Poderico (1491–1510) *Orlando Carretto Della Rovere (1510–1512) *Giorgio Benigno Salviati, O.F.M. (1513–1520) *Leonardo Baccuto (1520–1525) *Pietro De Albis (1525–1526) **''

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Ercole Rangone (1526), while ** *Pietro Francesco Ferro (1526) *Giovanni Francesco Cina (1527) *Filippo Adimari (1528–1536) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta-Canne-Monteverde'' *

Gerolamo de Caro Gerolamo de Caro (died 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1536–1552), Titular Bishop of ''Cannae'' (1531–1536), and Bishop of Monteverde (1521–1531)."Archbishop Gerolamo de Caro"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 31, 2016 * Bernardino Figueroa (1553–1571) * Fabio Mirto Frangipani (1572–1587)"Archbishop Fabio Mirto Frangipani"
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(O.F.M.) (1587)"Archbishop Francesco Spera, O.F.M."
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Girolamo Bevilacqua Girolamo Bevilacqua O.F.M. (died 1604) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nazareth (1587–1604). ''(in Latin)''

, O.F.M. (1587–1604)"Archbishop Girolamo Bevilacqua, O.F.M."
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(1604–1608), elected pope

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) * Michelangelo Tonti (1608–1609) * Domenico Rivarola (1609–1627) * Antonio Lombardi (1627–1636) * Antonio Severoli (1639–1666) * Francesco Antonio De Luca (1667–1676) * Marziale Pellegrini,

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(O.F.M. Conv.) (1677–1685) * Filippo Condulmari (1685–1688) * Giuseppe Rosa (1690–1694) * Domenico Folgori (1695–1706) * Giulio Piazza (1706–1710) * Girolamo Mattei (1710–1712) * Salvatore Miroballo (1717–1726) * Giovanni Crisostomo Bianchi, O.E.S.A. (1726) * Nicola Iorio (1726–1744) * Antonio Marulli De Galiberti (1745–1751) * Giusto De Marco, (C.R.) (1751–1769) * Pasquale Maria Mastrillo, C.R. (1769–1783) * Giuseppe Mormile, C.R. (1792–1801).

Titular successor sees

Latin Titular Archbishopric of Nazareth

(all Roman Rite) On 21 April 1860, the archdiocese was nominally restored as Metropolitan

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of Nazareth. In 1925 it was suppressed, only to be restored in 1929 and finally united with (i.e. merged into) the residential Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie, also territorial heir to the former Apulian see in exile. It has had the following archiepiscopal incumbents, apparently all of the highest (Metropolitan) rank : * Giuseppe de' Bianchi Dottula (1860.04.21 – 1892.09.22) * Domenico Marinangeli (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08), as former Bishop of Foggia (Italy) (1882.03.27 – 1893.01.16) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08), later

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(1898.01.08 – 1921.03.06) * Tommaso de Stefano (1898.03.24 – 1906.05.19) * Francesco Paolo Carrano (1906.09.01 – 1915.03.18) * Giovanni Régine (1915.12.06 – 1918.10.04) * Giuseppe Maria Leo (1920.01.17 – 1925) * Paul Auad (1941.06.14 – 1944.06.28) * Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi,

(O.P.) (1947.11.10 – 1971.07.03) * Giuseppe Carata (1971.08.28 – 1989).

Maronite Titular (Arch)Bishopric of Nazareth

(

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) It was established in the late 19th century as a

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of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but suppressed in 1911, having had a single incumbent : * Titular Bishop Youhanna Habib (1889 – 1894.06.04). In 1926 it was restored, now as a

of the intermediate (non-Metropolitan) rank. In 1939 it was again suppressed, having had the following incumbents : * Titular Archbishop Paul Auad (1896.09.24 – 1911.02.11) * Titular Archbishop Elias Richa (1926.06.21 – 1937.10.10).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic, Latin former sees and former titular see, with incumbent biography links

* ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2s50.html Scythopolis (Titular See)from Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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