The Latin Archbishopric of Patras is the
see of Patras in the period in which its incumbents belonged to the
Latin or Western Church. This period began in 1205 with the installation in the see of a Catholic archbishop following the
Fourth Crusade.
The Latin archbishop was the senior-most of the seven ecclesiastic barons of the
Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom ...
, which comprised the entire
Peloponnese. From the late 13th century, the archbishops also purchased the secular
Barony of Patras from its holders, becoming the most important vassals of the entire principality. It had five
suffragans,
Andravida
Andravida ( el, Ανδραβίδα, ) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, in the northwest of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is a ...
,
Amyclae
Amyclae or Amyklai ( grc, Ἀμύκλαι) was a city of ancient Laconia, situated on the right or western bank of the Eurotas, 20 stadia south of Sparta, in a district remarkable for the abundance of its trees and its fertility. Amyclae was one ...
,
Modon,
Coron, and
Cephalonia-Zante.
The archbishopric survived as a Latin residential see until 1430, when the city of
Patras fell to the
Byzantine Greeks
The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans of Orthodox Christianity throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They were the main inhabitants of the lands of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), of Constantinople ...
of the
Despotate of the Morea
The Despotate of the Morea ( el, Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μορέως) or Despotate of Mystras ( el, Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centu ...
. From 1475 on, Latin archbishops continued to be appointed, but for them the bishopric was only a
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 archbis ...
. It continues to be included in the
Catholic Church
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's list of such sees, but since the
Second Vatican Council
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no new appointments of Catholic bishops of the see have been made.
Residential archbishops
Titular holders
References
Sources
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External links
Patrae (Veteris) at ''catholic-hierarchy.org''
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Patras
Baronies of the Principality of Achaea
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece
Medieval Achaea
Latin Archbishopric of Patras
The Latin Archbishopric of Patras is the see of Patras in the period in which its incumbents belonged to the Latin or Western Church. This period began in 1205 with the installation in the see of a Catholic archbishop following the Fourth Crusade. ...
Catholic titular sees in Europe
Patras