The Diocese of Morocco (or Marrakesh, Spanish ''Marruecos'') was a
Christian
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diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
. It is presently a
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titular see
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, i.e. a former diocese that no longer functions.
History
The diocese was established in 1226 on Moroccan territory split off from Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Toledo, presumably its Metropolitan. In 1237? it gained territory from the suppressed
Diocese of Fez.
On 4 April 1417 it lost territory to establish the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ceuta, in 1500 it was suppressed.
Episcopal ordinaries
''(incomplete?) - all
Latin rite
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; many European members of Latin missionary congregations
* Domingo,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) (1225.10.27 – 1236), later bishop of
Baeza
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* Baeza, Ecuador
* Baeza, Spain
** University of Baeza
** Baeza Cathedral
* '' Brusqeulia baeza'', a species of moth
People
* Baeza (rapper) (born 1993), American rapper, singer, actor, hip hop producer, and songwriter
* Acar ...
* Agnello (1237.06.12 – death ?), previously Bishop of
Fez
Fez most often refers to:
* Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire
* Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco
Fez or FEZ may also refer to:
Media
* ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...
(1225 – 1237.06.12)
* Lope Fernández Daín,
Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) (1246.10.18 – death 1260?)
* Rodrigo Gudal, O.F.M. (1289.12.11 – death 1307?)
* Bernardo Murcia, O.F.M. (1307.08.29 – ?)
*
Alfonso Bonhomme, O.P. (1344.01.10 – death 1353?)
* Aymar de Aureliaco (1413.05.10 – 1421.03.21), afterward bishop of
Ceuta
Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...
(Spain) (1421.03.21 – 1443).
**
Coadjutor Bishop
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:
Bishop-elect Vicente Trilles,
Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) (1490.12.20 – ?)
Titular see
From its suppression as residential diocese in 1500, it remained a Latin
titular bishopric, which has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (Episcopal) rank, but remained vacant for over a century :
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*
Pedro Montemolín (1500–?)
*
Martín Cabeza de Vaca
Martín Cabeza de Vaca (died 1534) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1508–1534). ''(in Latin)'' ,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) (1508.01.28 – 1534)
*
Sebastián Obregón
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(O.S.B.) (1534.12.02 – 1559.01.08)
*
Bishop-elect Sancho Díaz de Trujillo (1539.09.09 – ?)
* Juan Terés (1575.02.04 – 1579.05.22) (later Archbishop)
* Miguel Espinosa (1579.10.26 – 1601.10.07)
* Tomás Espinosa (1606.09.25 – 1631.06.16)
* Valerio Maccioni (1668.09.17 – 1676.09.05)
* Piotr Mieszkowski (1678.06.06 – ?)
* John Skarbek (later Archbishop) (1696.01.02 – 1713.01.30)
* Jan Franciszek Kurdwanowski,
Jesuits
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(S.J.) (1713.05.22 – 1729.12.28)
* João de Silva Ferreira (1742.11.26 – 1775.01.19)
* John Geddes (1779.09.30 – 1799.02.11)
* Carolus von Aulock (1826.03.13 – 1830.05.03)
* Bishop-elect Maria Nicolaus Silvester Guillon (1832.12.17 – ?)
* Felicissimo Coccino,
Capuchin Friars
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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1855.12.18 – 1878.02.27)
* Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap. (1881.03.15 – 1903.08.22).
Namesake and successor jurisdiction
In 1469, a diocese again called Marocco (by now synonymous with
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
) was established, with episcopal see in
Tangiers
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capit ...
, which after suppression, restoration as
Apostolic Prefecture of Marocco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger ( la, Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Morocco. Headquartered in Tangier, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.
History
* 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the Dioce ...
(again alias Marruecos) and promotion to
Apostolic Vicariate of Marocco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger ( la, Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Morocco. Headquartered in Tangier, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.
History
* 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the Dioce ...
became in 1956 the present, still exempt
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger ( la, Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Morocco. Headquartered in Tangier, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.
History
* 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the Dioc ...
.
See also
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References
Sources and external links
GCatholic, with incumbent biography links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marocco, Roman Catholic diocese
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa