The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novigrad (alias Diocese of Cittanova in Italian) was a

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located in the city of Novigrad,

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until it was suppressed to the

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in 1831."Diocese of Novigrad (Cittanova)"
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History

:TO ELABORATE * Established in 520 as the Diocese of Cittanova/ Novigrad, on reassigned territory from the suppressed Diocese of Emona * Lost territory in 542 to establish the

(Italy) * Gained territory back in 557 from above daughter Diocese of Trieste * Lost territory in 811 to the

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(Italy) * Held in

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('United ''aeque principaliter'') with the (also Croatia) Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč, Diocese of Poreč 1442–1448 * united ''aeque principaliter'' with the

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(Venezia, Italy; Grado's Patriarchal successor see) 1451.10.08–1465 * Gained territory back in 1784 from above Italian daughter Diocese of Trieste * Suppressed on 30 June 1828, its territory being merged into the

via the papal bull, ''

Locum Beati Petri ''Locum Beati Petri'' was a papal bull issued by Pope Leo XII on 30 June 1828, reorganizing the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Dalmatia.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/95497 Stjepan Ćosić, ''Državna uprava u Dalmaciji i crkveni preustroj 1828./1830. ...

'', issued by

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on 30 June 1828; other sources state the official suppression came later on 23 May 1831

Residential Episcopal Ordinaries

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) :incomplete : ''first centuries lacking'' ;''Suffragan Bishops of Cittanova/ Novigrad'' * Leonardo (1212? – death 1224) * Canziano (1228? – ?) * Gerardo (1230.06.05 – 1237?) * Bonaccorso (1243? – 1260?) * Nicolò (1269? – ?) * Egidio (1279? – 1283?) * Simone (1284.05.15 – 1301?) * Giraldo,

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(O.P.) (1308 – 1310?) * Canziano (1318 – death 1330.04.04) * Natale Bonafede (1330 – death 1344?) * Giovanni Morosini, O.E.S.A. (1347.02.12 – death 1358?) * Guglielmo Conti, O.P. (1359.03.15 – ?) * Giovanni Grandi(s),

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(O.E.S.A.) (21 April 1363 - death 1365) * Marino Michiel (1366.01.14 – death 1374?) * Nicolò Montaperto,

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(O.F.M.) (1376.05.14 – 1377.02.18), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Sicily, Italy) (1377.02.18 – death 1382) *

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(Italy) (1389 – death 1391) * Paolo da Montefeltro, O.E.S.A. (1382.04 – 1400.08) **''

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(Croatia) (1420.03.04 – 1423.09.24), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1435.10.24 – 1440.10.15), Bishop of

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(1412.07 – ?),

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(1420 – 1434); later

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of Sacred College of Cardinals (1431? – 1445.01.19), transferred Cardinal-Bishop of

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(1431.03.14 – death 1445.01.19), Apostolic Administrator of

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(Italy) (1435.10.10 – 1435.11.21) and Apostolic Administrator of

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(26 Feb 1421 - 7 Jan 1426), ?next Bishop of

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* Filippo Paruta (1426.01.07 – 1426.04.02), next Bishop of

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(insular Greece) (1448.02.20 – death 1458) * Giovanni Morosini (1426.11.05 – 1442?), succeeding as previous ''Apostolic Administrator of Cittanova (1426.05.27 – 1426.11.05)'' * Giovanni di Parenzo (1442 – retired 1448), died 1457; previously Bishop of Arba (Croatia) (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11), Bishop of

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(1451.10.08 – 1456.01.08), ''first in personal union Patriarch of

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(Venice, Italy) (1451.10.08 – 1456.01.08)''; previously Bishop of Castello (1433.05.12 – 1451.10.08) * Maffio Contarini (1456 – 1460) * Andrea Bondimerio,

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(Italy) (1449.10.31 – 1465.01.07) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Cittanova/ Novigrad'' * Francesco Contarini (1466 – 1495) * Marcantonio Foscarini (1495 – death 1521) *''

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of Patrasso (Patrae, peninsular Greece) (1520.05.21 – 1521.09.06)'' **''

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(28 Sep 1526 - 10 May 1535), ''see below'', while

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(Padua, Italy) (1524.08.08 – 1555); next promoted

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(Italy) (1528.01.27 – 1564), also Cardinal-Deacon of

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(1555.05.29 – 1557.09.20), remaining Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco ''in commendam'' (1555.05.29 – 1564.06.21) ''see below * Vincenzo de Benedictis (1535.05.10 – death 1536) * Alessandro Orsi (1536.09.01 – 1559) **''

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(1557.09.20 – 1562.05.18)'' *

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(1561.09.05 – 1565.04.13) **''

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(30 August 1655 - death Oct 1670), previously Bishop of

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(1653.11.24 – 1655.08.30) * Giacomo Bruti (1 July 1671 - death Nov 1679) * Nicolaus Gabrieli (19 June 1684 - 12 April 1717) * Daniele Sansoni (14 June 1717 - death March 1725), previously Bishop of

(1712.07 – 1717.07.14) * Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. (11 June 1725 - death 14 May 1732) * Gaspar Negri (21 July 1732 - 22 Jan 1742), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč, Diocese of Poreč (Croatia) (1742.01.22 – death 1778.01) * Marino Bozzatini (9 July 1742 - death 9 July 1754) * Stefano di Leoni (16 Sep 1754 - death May 1776) * Giovanni Domenico Straticò, O.P. (15 July 1776 - 20 Sep 1784), next

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(Croatia) (1784.09.20 – death 1799) * Antonio Giovanni Giuseppe Lucovich (20 Sep 1784 - death 2 Dec 1794) * Teodoro Lauretano Balbi (1 June 1795 - death 23 May 1831).

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of Novigrad. It has had the following titular incumbents, either of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank ''or of higher, archiepiscopal rank'': *''Titular Archbishop:

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(1969.07.03 – 1973.03.05) as Second Vicegerent for the

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(Italy) (1969.07.03 – 1972.10.13) and as Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome (1972.10.13 – 1973.03.26); previously

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of Medeli (1958.07.12 – 1967.06.26) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1969.07.03); later created

of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo (1973.03.05 – death 1997.02.25), President of Commission for Advocates (1973.03.05 – 1997.02.25),

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for the above Vicariate of Rome (Italy) (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17),

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(Italy) (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17),

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(1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), Grand Chancellor of

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(1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17), President of

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(1974? – 1990), President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1985.07.03 – 1991.03), Archpriest of

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(1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25)'' *''Titular Archbishop: Maximino Romero de Lema (1973.03.21 – 1996.10.29) as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of

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(1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Spain) (1968.10.19 – 1973.03.21), Secretary of

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(1973 – 1986), Secretary of Congregation for Clergy (1973.03.21 – 1986)'' *''Titular Archbishop:

Leonardo Sandri Leonardo Sandri (born 18 November 1943) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since November 2007 and vice dean of the College of Cardinals since January 2020. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Chu ...

(1997.07.22 – 2007.11.24), first as papal diplomat :

Apostolic Nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...

(ambassador) to Venezuela (1997.07.22 – 2000.03.01), Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2000.03.01 – 2000.09.16), then as Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State (2000.09.16 – 2007.06.09); previously Regent of

Prefecture of the Papal Household The Prefecture of the Papal Household is the office in charge of the Papal Household, a section of the Roman Curia that comprises the Papal Chapel (''Cappella Pontificia'') and the Papal Family (''Familia Pontificia''). The current Prefect of t ...

(1991.08.22 – 1992.04.02), Assessor for General Affairs of

Papal Secretariat of State The Secretariat of State (Latin: ''Secretaria Status''; Italian: ''Segreteria di Stato'') is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the central papal governing bureaucracy of the Catholic Church. It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of Stat ...

(1992.04.02 – 1997.07.22); later Prefect of

Congregation for the Oriental Churches The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (also called Dicastery for the Oriental Churches), previously named Congregation for the Oriental Churches or Congregation for the Eastern Churches ( la, Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus), is a dicaste ...

(2007.06.09 – ...), Grand Chancellor of

Pontifical Oriental Institute The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome and focusing on Eastern Christianity. The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had been ...

(2007.06.09 – ...), created

of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari (2007.11.24 007.12.02– ...)'' * Beniamino Pizziol (2008.01.05 – 2011.04.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarchate of Venezia (Venice, Italy) (2008.01.05 – 2011.04.16); later Bishop of

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

(Italy) (2011.04.16 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of

(Venezia, Italy) (2011.09.08 – 2012.01.31) * Lorenzo Leuzzi (Italian) (2012.01.31 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of the papal

(Italy) (2012.01.31 – ...).

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