The Diocese of Arbe or Diocese of Rab or Diocese of Arba (Latin: ''Dioecesis Arbensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of

Arbe Rab �âːb( dlm, Arba, la, Arba, it, Arbe, german: Arbey) is an island in the northern Dalmatia region in Croatia, located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea. The island is long, has an area of and 9,328 inhabitants ...

(modern day Rab) on the Croatian island of the same name located just off the Adriatic coast of northern

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, in

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, where still stands the former

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, dedicated to the

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History

The diocese was ancient as it was founded no later than 532, and in the papal sway, originally as

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of the Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Salona The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska ( hr, Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija; la, Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Croatia and Montenegro.

, later transferred to the

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of the Archdiocese of Spalato (later Salona, then Split, now Spalato-Macarsca). On 17 October 1154 it became

of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zara. On 30 June 1828, while inner Dalmatia was part of the

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, the bishopric was suppressed by

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's papal bulla ''

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'', along with the Diocese of Ossero, and their territories merged into the Diocese of Veglia, also called the

Diocese of Krk The Diocese of Krk ( hr, Krčka biskupija; la, Dioecesis Veglensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church active on the Croatian islands of Krk, Rab, Cres and Lošinj, as well as a few smaller ones and also a mis ...

."Titular Episcopal See of Arba"
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Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Arbe'' * Tiziano (Titianus), in 532 attended the

Council of Salona A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

(now Split, Croatia) * Pietro I (mentioned in 986) * Maggio (in 1018) * Dragone (before 1068 - till 1071) * Pietro II (mentioned in 1072) * Gregorio (in 1075) * Domano ( circa 108) * Vitale (Vitalis) (in 1086) * Pietro III (in 1094) * Lupo or Paolo (Paulus) † (circa 1097 - 1110) * Bono (1111 – 1145) * Andrea (1179? – 1193?) * Prodano del Lauro (1205 – 1212) * Venanzio (1216 – ?) * Andrea (1220 – ?) * Giovanni (1225 – 1225) * Giordano (1225 – 1238) * Paolo (1239 – 1243) * Stefano de Dominis (1249 – 1258) * Gregorio Ermolao (1260 – death 1289?) * Matteo Ermolao I(1291? – 1292) * Giorgio Ermolao I (1292 – death 1313) * Aimone,

Order of Saint Benedict The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict ( la, Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a Christian monasticism, monastic Religious order (Catholic), religious order of the Catholic Church following the Rule of Saint Benedic ...

(O.S.B.) (1313.01.13 – 1317?), previously Bishop of Oleno (peninsular

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) (1310? – 1313.01.13) * Francesco de Filippo (1321 – ?) * Giorgio Ermolao II (1329 – death 1363) * Crisogono de Dominis (1363.06.07 – 1372.07.14), next Bishop of Traù (Croatia) (1372.07.14 – 1403), Metropolitan Archbishop of

Kalocsa Kalocsa (; hr, Kaloča or ''Kalača''; sr, Kaloča or Калоча; german: Kollotschau) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the ...

(

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

) (1403 – ? not possessed) * Zodenigo Zodenighi (1372.11.03 – death 1412.01.06) * Martino Carnota (Marino Carnota) (1414.02.11 – 1423.05.07), next Bishop of Traù (

Trogir Trogir (; historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian: ); la, Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, ''Tragyrion'' or Τραγούριον, ''Tragourion'') is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in S ...

, Croatia) (1423.05.07 – 1424.12.11), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1424.12.11 – 1441) * Francesco Servandi,

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(O.P.) (1423.05.07 – 1428.02.24); next Bishop of

Koper Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...

(

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) (1428.02.24 – death 1448.03.29) * Angelo Cavazza (23 Feb 1428 - 7 Jan 1433), next Bishop of

Poreč Poreč (; it, Parenzo; la, Parens or ; grc, Πάρενθος, Párenthos) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, whic ...

(Croatia) (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11), Bishop of Traù (Trogir, Croatia) (1440.04.11 – death 1452.05) * Jean de Parenzo (7 Jan 1433 - 11 April 1440), next Bishop of

(Croatia) (1440.04.11 – 1457), Bishop of

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(1442 – death 1448) * Matteo Ermolao II (11 April 1440 - ?death ?1443), previously Bishop of

Sapë Sapë ( la, Sapa, sr, Сапа) was a medieval fortress, located near the village of Nënshat, in the municipality of Vau i Dejës (belonging to Shkodër County, in modern Albania). It is attested since the 13th century, situated in the histor ...

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) (1433.03.06 – 1440.04.11) * Nicola da Zara, O.P. (24 July 1443 - death 1447), previously Bishop of

Senj Senj (; it, Segna, la, Senia, Hungarian language, Hungarian and german: Zengg) is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress ( hr, Tvr ...

(Croatia) (1442.05.04 – 1443.07.24) * Giovanni Scaffa (18 Sep 1450 - death ?1471) * Leonello Chiericato (8 Jan 1472 - 19 Jan 1484), next Bishop of Traù (Trogir, Croatia) (1484.01.19 – 1488.10.22), Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1488.10.22 – death 1506.08.19) * Alonso Malumbra (19 Jan 1484 - death 1514) * Vincenzo Negusanti (20 Nov 1514 - resigned 1567) * Biagio Sideneo (1567.10.08 – death 1583.06.11) * Andrea Cernota, Observant?

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(O.F.M. Obs.) (1583.08.08 – death 1588) * Pasquale da Padova, Camaldolese Benedictines (O.S.B. Cam.) (1588.09.19 – death 1621) * Theodorus Georgi,

(O.S.B.) (25 Oct 1621 - death 1635) *

Pietro Gaudenzi (bishop) Pietro Gaudenzi (died 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Arbe (1636–1664). ''(in Latin)''

(3 March 1636 - death 1664) * Domnii Gaudenzi (9 June 1664 - death June 1695) * Ottavio = Octavius Spader,

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(O.F.M.) (28 Nov 1695 - 19 Dec 1698), next Bishop of

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(Italy) (1698.12.19 – death 1715.03.24) * Antonio Rosignoli (30 March 1700 - 27 Nov 1713), next Bishop of Nona (now Nin, Croatia) (1713.11.27 – ?death) * Vincenzio Lessio (11 Dec 1713 - 2 Oct 1719), next Bishop of

Krk Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kot ...

(Croatia) (1719.10.02 – ?) * Doymus Zeni (6 May 1720 - March death 1728) * Andrea Carlovich (15 Dec 1728 - death 12 Jan 1738) * Pacifico Bizza (24 Nov 1738 - 17 Jan 1746), next Archbishop of Metropolitan

Salona Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia. Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in t ...

(now Split, Croatia) (1746.01.17 – death 1756) * Giovanni Calebotta (14 June 1746 - 16 Feb 1756), next Bishop of

Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...

(Croatia) (1756.02.16 – death 1759.02.28) * Giovanni Luca Garagnin (24 May 1756 - 5 June 1765), next Archbishop of Metropolitan

(now Split, Croatia) (1765.06.05 – death 1780.10.20) * Giovanni Battista Jurileo (9 Dec 1765 - 29 July 1771), next

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Titular see

It was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin

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of Arba (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Arbe / Arben(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B. (1950.06.25 – 1960.07.05) as last

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) (1950.06.25 – 1960.07.05); next (see) promoted first Bishop of Nassau (Bahamas) (1960.07.05 – retired 1981.06.17); died 1984 * Edward Ernest Swanstrom (1960.09.14 – death 1985.08.10) first as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(NY, USA) (1960.09.14 – retired 1978.04.04), then as emeritate * Patricio Maqui Lopez (1985.10.16 – death 1991.02.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It covers the province of Ilocos Sur, on the island of Luzon. The see of the archdiocese is the city of Vigan.Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

) (1985.10.16 – 1991.02.20) * Jan Pawel Lenga,

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(M.I.C.) (Ukrainian) (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07) as only 'permanent'

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(

) (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07); next (see) promoted only Bishop of

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(Kazakhstan) (1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17), (personally) promoted again

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of Karaganda (2003.05.17 – retired 2011.02.05) * Cyryl Klimowicz (1999.10.13 – 2003.04.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev (

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) (1999.10.13 – 2003.04.17); later Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (

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) (2003.04.17 – ...) and

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(Russia) (2003.04.17 – ...) * Zacharias C. Jimenez (2003.06.11 – ...), first as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(

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) (2003.06.11 – 2009.05.07), then on emeritate (2009.05.07 - ...); previously Bishop of

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(Philippines) (1994.12.02 – 2003.06.11).

References

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; Bibliography * papal bulla 'Locum beati Petri', in ''Raffaele de Martinis, Iuris pontificii de propaganda fide. Pars prima'', vol. IV, Rome 1891, p. 697 * Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, pp. 394–395 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', vol. 1, p. 101; vol. 2, p. 92; vol. 3, p. 115; vol. 4, p. 91; vol. 5, p. 95; vol. 6, p. 95 {{DEFAULTSORT:Arbe, Roman Catholic Diocese Catholic titular sees in Europe Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Croatia Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses

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See also

References

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