Arbanum is a town, former bishopric and present
titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
in present
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
.
Latin bishopric
Arbanum was established circa 1100 as Diocese of Arbano (or Albania),
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 the Metropolitan
Archbishopric of Durrës (Italian Durazzo).
It was suppressed in 1640, its territory being merged into that of its Metropolitan, the
Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo), to which its last incumbent was appointed.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while dist ...
)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Arbano''
(incomplete : first centuries unavailable)
* Giacomo (1357.01.07 – ?)
* Dionigi (? – ?)
* Domenico Progoni (1369.11.21 – ?)
* Andrea (? – death 1370?)
* Giovanni Lourlis,
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.) (1370.06.28 – ?)
* Gregorio da Venezia, Conventual?
Franciscans
, image = FrancescoCoA PioM.svg
, image_size = 200px
, caption = A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis's arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans
, abbreviation = OFM
, predecessor =
, ...
(O.F.M.) (1385? – ?)
* Pietro (? – ?)
* Giovanni da Trieste, O.F.M. (1391.03.01 – ?)
* Francesco Petri,
Cistercians
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
(O. Cist.) (1394.09.07 – ?)
* Andrea de Rhegino, O.P. (? – death 1397.10.06)
* Tommaso Butyller (? – 1401.05.16), later Bishop of
Ugento
Ugento ( Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a small harbour on the Gulf of Taranto of the Ionian Sea.
History
The city is the ancient ''Uxentum'', and claims to have been founded by Uxe ...
(Italy) (1401.05.16 – death 1405)
* Giorgio,
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.) (1402.01.30 – ?)
* Vulcano Suinti, O.S.B. (1412.03.28 – ?)
* Andrea Sume (1426.05.10 – ?), previously Bishop of
Lezhë
Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality.
One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian const ...
(Albania) (1405.10.05 – 1426.05.10)
* Andrea de Suincis (1441.06.12 – ?)
* Nicola (1463.10.05 – ?)
* Angelo da Macerata (1494.10.01 – death 1506)
* Giovanni Corona, O.P. (1506.06.24 – death 1515)
* Giovanni Montalbo (1518.03.03 – ?)
* Ludovico Vivaldi, O.P. (1519.09.19 – ?)
* Pedro de Torres (1540.08.27 – ?)
* Domenico Bigorrei (1554.11.19 – ?)
* Giovanni Collesius, O.F.M. (1615.08.31 – death 1625), also
Coadjutor Bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...
of
Duvno
Tomislavgrad (), also known by its former name Duvno (), is a town and municipality located in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It mainly covers an area of the historical and geographica ...
(
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
) (1615.08.31 – 1625)
* Marcus Scura, O.F.M. (1635.10.01 – 1640.09.10), later Archbishop of
Durrës
Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...
(Durazzo, Albania) (1640.09.10 – death 1656.04.27)
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as
Titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of Arbanum (Curiate Italian Arbano).
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Titular Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro (1937.10.26 – 1967.07.12)
* Titular Bishop Jules-Louis-Paul Harlé (1970.10.12 – 1999.01.24)
* Titular Bishop Erminio De Scalzi (1999.05.11 – ...),
Auxiliary Bishop of
Milan(o) (Italy)
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Albania
The Catholic Church in Albania is composed of:
* two Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces, comprising two metropolitan archdioceses and three suffragan dioceses
* one pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Albanian Greek Catholic Church, a particular ...
*
Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano
The Diocese of Albano ( la, Albanensis) is a suburbicarian see of the Roman Catholic Church in a diocese in Italy, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano Laziale is situated some 15 kilometers from Rome, on the Appian Way.
Under c ...
, near Rome
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic with incumbent bio links
{{coord missing, Albania
Catholic titular sees in Europe
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Albania