The Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cefalonia ( la, Archdioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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comprising the Ionian islands of

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

, Zakynthos and

Cephalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It i ...

in western

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."Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

History

* 1310: Established as Diocese of Corfù * June 3, 1919: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu – Zakynthos – Cephalonia

Leadership

; Archbishops of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia * Archbishop Giorgios Altouvas (since 14 September 2020) * Archbishop

Yannis Spiteris Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (Greek: Ιωάννης Σπιτέρης; born August 27, 1940, Corfu, Greece) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Cefalonia and apostolic administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki from 20 ...

, O.F.M. Cap. (22 March 2003 – 14 September 2020) * Archbishop

Antonios Varthalitis Antonios Varthalitis, AA ( el, Αντώνιος Βαρθαλίτης; 1 January 1924 in – 27 October 2007) was from 1962 to 2003 Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia. Life Antonios V ...

, A.A. (1962.05.30 – 2003.03.22) * Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. (1947.05.29 – 1952.07.06) * Fr. Giovanni Dalla Vecchia (Apostolic Administrator 1941–1944) * Archbishop Leonard Brindisi (1919.07.03 – 1940.09.08) ; Bishops of Corfu * Archbishop Domenico Darmanin (1912.03.04 – 1919.02.17) * Archbishop Teodoro Antonio Polito (? – 1911.09.23) * Archbishop Antonio Delenda (1898.03.24 – 1900.08.20) * Bishop Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. (1885.01.11 – ?) * Bishop Francis Joseph Nicholson,

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(1852.05 – 1855.04.30) *

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Francesco Maria Fenzi (1779.09.20 – 1816.09.23) *

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, O.S.B.Cas. (1723.11.22 – 1727.07.30) * Cardinal

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(1678.06.06 – 1687.07.07)

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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