The Diocese of Hierapetra and Sitia (also Hierapytna or Gerapitna) was a
Roman Catholic diocese
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located in the city of
Hierapetra in the southeast of the Greek island of
Crete
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when it was under
Venetian rule. It was suppressed sometime in the 1600s.
["Diocese of Hierapetra et Sitia"]
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History
*1200s: Established as Diocese of Hierapetra
*1650?: Suppressed
*1933: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of ''Hierapetra''
Ordinaries
Diocese of Hierapetra
''Latin Name: Hierapetrensis''
*
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(14 Apr 1480 – 1501 Died)
*
Ippolito Arrivabene (20 Dec 1542 – 1564 Resigned)
*
Nicolaus Bertholdi (14 Jul 1564 – 20 Jun 1571 Died)
Diocese of Hierapetra and Sitia
''16 July 1571: United with the
Diocese of Sitia''
''Latin Name: Hierapetrensis et Sythiensis''
*
Gaspare Viviani
Gaspare Viviani (died 25 January 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Anagni (1579–1605), Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia (1571–1579), and Bishop of Sitia (1556–1571).[Bishop of Anagni
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["Bishop Gaspare Viviani"]
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*
Alexander de Turre,
C.R.L.
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(31 Jan 1594 – 1624 Died)
["Bishop Alexander de Turre, C.R.L."]
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*
Pierre Pisani,
O.F.M. (7 Oct 1624 – 1634 Resigned)
*
Georges Minotti (21 Aug 1634 Appointed – )
References
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Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece
Ierapetra
Kingdom of Candia
13th-century establishments in Europe