The Latin or Roman Catholic Archbishopric of Neopatras is a

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of the

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. It was established briefly as a residential

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at Neopatras ("New Patras", modern

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) in

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, after the

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, in place of the

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Metropolis of Neopatras. The area was recovered by the Epirote Greeks in , but came again under Latin rule in 1319 as the

Duchy of Neopatras The Duchy of Neopatras ( ca, Ducat de Neopàtria; scn, Ducatu di Neopatria; gr, Δουκάτο Νέων Πατρών; la, Ducatus Neopatriae) was a principality in southern Thessaly, established in 1319. Officially part of the Kingdom of Sici ...

, leading to the restoration of the see until the Ottoman conquest. The archbishopric was restored as a

in 1933. Its last incumbent died in 1967.

Residential archbishops

Titular holders

The Latin archdiocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Catholic Metropolitan

titular archbishopric 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 ...

( la, Novæ Patræ, adj. ''Neopatrensis''; Curiate Italian: ''Neopatrasso'').

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Novae Patrae
at www.catholic-hierarchy.org

at www.gcatholic.org *Pius Bonifacius Gams
''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae''
Leipzig 1931, p. 429 * *

Gaetano Moroni Gaetano Moroni (17 October 1802, Rome – 3 November 1883, Rome) was an Italian writer on the history and contemporary structure of the Catholic Church and an official of the papal court in Rome. He was the author of the well-known ''Dizionario ...

''Patrasso o Neopatra o Nova Patrasso''
in '' Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica'', Vol. LI, Venice 1851, p. 291 *

Konrad Eubel Konrad Eubel or Conradus Eubel (19 January 1842 – 5 February 1923) was a German Franciscan historian. He is known for his reference work, the ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', on medieval popes, cardinals and bishops. It appeared in thre ...

, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi''
Vol. 1
, p. 362
Vol. 2
p. XXXII {{DEFAULTSORT:Neopatras Catholic titular sees in Europe Roman Catholic dioceses in the Crusader states Medieval Central Greece Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Ypati

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Lists of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops

Residential archbishops

Titular holders

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