The Diocese of Tiberias was a significant Latin Catholic bishopric in the Crusader state

Principality of Galilee The principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin, grandson of Balian. The direct holdings of the principality centred around Tiberias, i ...

, a major direct vassal of the

Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem ( la, Regnum Hierosolymitanum; fro, Roiaume de Jherusalem), officially known as the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem or the Frankish Kingdom of Palestine,Example (title of works): was a Crusader state that was establishe ...

, with see in

Tiberias Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Fo ...

.Richard, Jean (1999) ''The Crusades c. 1071-c 1291'', Cambridge University Press, p 71 It is now a

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History

The city of

Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galil ...

was important enough in the

Roman province The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...

Palestina Secunda Palæstina Secunda or Palaestina II was a Byzantine province from 390, until its conquest by the Muslim armies in 634–636. Palaestina Secunda, a part of the Diocese of the East, roughly comprised the Galilee, Yizrael Valley, Bet Shean Valley ...

to become a

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 ...

of its capital Scythopolis's metropolitan archbishop. During the

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ru ...

, Tiberias was occupied by the crusaders soon after the capture of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. In 1099, the original site of the city was abandoned, and settlement shifted north to the present location. Saint Peter's Church, originally built by the Crusaders, is still standing today, although the building has been altered and reconstructed over the years. Under the crusaders, Tiberias became of Latin

see of their new Latin

Archbishopric of Nazareth 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 Latin and a Maronite successor as titular sees, the first merged into Barletta, the second ...

, which replaced Scythopolis.

List of bishops

Resident bishops

This partial list of resident bishops is drawn from . *Elias (fl. 1144) *Gerald (fl. 1174–1178) *Geoffrey (fl. 1241) *Eustorgius (1259–1273) *William I of Salonica (1273–1274) *William II le Velus (1274–)

Titular bishops

* Pietro Corsari (1397 – ?) * João Manuel,

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(O. Carm.) (1442.04.18 – 1444.07.20) * Reginaldo Romero,

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

(O.P.) (1488.03.17 – 1507) * Pietro Giovanni de Melis (1517.04.20 – ?) * Giovanni Vitellio,

Theatines The Theatines officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium), abreviated CR, is a Catholic order of clerics regular of Pontifical Right for men founded by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa in Sept. 14, 1524. I ...

(C.R.) (1592.03.04 – 1594) * Luis Cerqueira,

Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

(S.J.) (1593.01.29 – 1598.02.18) * Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen (1619.09.09 – 1639.02.08) * Clemente Confetto (1623.01.09 – 1630.01.08) * Sigismund Graf Miutini von Spilenberg (1648.03.30 – 1653) * Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise (1701.04.18 – 1704.04.09)(later Cardinal*) * Aleksandras Mikalojus Gorainis (Aleksander Mikołaj Horain) (1704.09.15 – 1711.12.23) * Archbishop Daniel Joseph Mayer (1712.03.16 – 1732.05.07) * Johann Moritz von Strachwitz (1761.04.06 – 1781.01.28) * Erasmus Dionys Krieger (1781.09.17 – 1792.12.27) * Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian) (1797.07.24 – 1800.11.23) (later Archbishop) * Francesco Maria Paolucci Mancinelli (1801.09.28 – 1808.01.11) * Karol Perényl (1808.07.11 – 1819.03.15) * Richard Kornelius Dammers (1824.05.03 – 1842.05.23) * Rodolpho von Thysebaert (1842.05.23 – 1868.05.12) * Alessandro Valsecchi (1869.06.25 – 1879.05.06) * Martin Marty,

Benedictine Order , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

(O.S.B.) (1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12) *

Giuseppe Ceppetelli Giuseppe Ceppetelli (15 March 1846 – 12 March 1917) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop. At the time of his death, he was the Titular Patriarch of Constantinople. He was ordained on Holy Saturday of 1870 and was consecrated by the Vicar Ge ...

(1890.06.23 – 1899.07.24) (later Titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople *) * Luigi Spandre (1899.09.03 – 1909.06.12) * Bernardino Shlaku,

Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachin ...

(O.F.M.) (1910.01.08 – 1911.01.31) * Charles Maurice Graham (1911.03.16 – 1912.09.02) * Giacomo Sinibaldi (1913.05.15 – 1928.08.19) * Paolino Ladeuze (1928.10.21 – 1940.01.29) * Egidio Luigi Lanzo, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1940.08.09 – 1943.01.22) * Giuseppe Della Cioppa (1943.07.17 – 1947.12.02) * Raffaele Macario (1948.06.21 – 1966.11.29)

References

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History

List of bishops

Resident bishops

Titular bishops

See also

References