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in southern Greece and present Latin

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, now under the later assumed name Eleutherna."Diocese of Mylopotamos"
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Ecclesiastical history

Modern Lefterna, in

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, was the seat since 1212 of a Latin Roman Catholic Diocese of Milopotamus, which was suppressed in 1669.

Resident bishops

* Matteo (? – death 1212) * Giacomo (? – death 1281) * Giovanni (1307.05.29 – ?) * Michele da Verona, O.P. (1340? – 1342.10.07), later Bishop of

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(Italy) (1342.10.07 – death 1346) * Nicola, O.F.M. (1344.06.23 – 1349) * Giacomo di Ponto, O.F.M. (1349.07.08 – ?) * Arnaldo Albi, O.F.M. (1387.08.26 – ?) * Vittore,

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(1390 – ?) * Domenico de Dominicis,

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(1399 – ?) * Franchione Secreti, O.F.M. (1414.04.02 – death 1437), previously Bishop of Ario (Greece) (1410.07.28 – 1414.04.02) * Giorgio (1480.01.24 – death 1499.10.07) * Francesco Barthelay (1499.11.06 – ?) * Vincenzo Massari (1515.05.12 – death 1538) * Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. (1538.12.11 – 1555), previously Bishop of Bishop of Ceo (Greek Island; 1529.02.08 – 1538.12.11)"Bishop Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 * Giacomo Surreto, O.F.M. (1555.07.17 – ?) * Nicola Stridoni, O.Cruc. (1582.05.16 – ?)"Bishop Nicola Stridoni, O. Crucif."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 * Ottaviano Semitecolo, O.Cruc. (1592.11.20 – ?) * Aloisio Bollani, O.Cruc. (1594.01.19 – ?) * Dionisio Medori (1606.02.20 – death 1609.09.21) * Giovanni Aloisio Farfusola (1628.04.03 – ?) * Zerbino Lugo (1628.04.03 – 1639.01.09), later Bishop of

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(Italy) (1639.01.09 – death 1647.01) * Gozzadino Gozzadini (1641.08.12 – ?)

Titular see of Eleutherna (originally Milopotamus)

When the diocese of Milopotamus was suppressed in 1669, it was immediately turned into a Latin

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of the lowest (episcopal) rank, which had its name changed gradually in the 20th century into titular see of Eleutherna. It is vacant, having had the following incumbents: * ''Saint Bishop'' Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián,

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(O.P.) (1794.02.11 – 1838.07.12) *

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of S. Pudenziana (1850.10.03 – 1865.02.15) * Jacobus Gerardus Schepers,

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(C.SS.R.) (1852.09.07 – 1863.11.27) * Gabriele Capaccio (1867.05.10 – 1878.01.01) * Anthony Butler,

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(S.J.) (1878.05.31 – 1901.10.02) * James J. Davis (1904.10.07 – 1906.12.22) * Peter Joseph Hurth,

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(C.S.C.) (1909.02.15 – 1913.01.07), later Archbishop *

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1913.05.09 – 1930.01.18) * Pietro Giovanni Umberto Verriet (O.P.) (1931.11.13 – 1948.03.10) * Paul Tkotsch (1948.05.12 – 1963.05.14) * Salomão Barbosa Ferraz (1963.05.10 – 1969.05.11)

References

External links

GigaCatholic, with resident and titular incumbent biography links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milopotamus, Roman Catholic Diocese of Catholic titular sees in Europe Kingdom of Candia Rethymno (regional unit)

Ecclesiastical history

Resident bishops

Titular see of Eleutherna (originally Milopotamus)

See also

References

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