Roman Catholic Diocese Of Pedena

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pedena ( la, Dioecesis Petinensis) was a Catholic diocese located in the town of Pedena (modern day Pićan) in the central part of Istria, Croatia, 12 km southeast of Pazin and is now a Latin titular see.

History

* Established in 557 as the Diocese of Pedena (Italian) / Petina (Latin) / Pican (Croat) / Petinen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the Diocese of Trieste.
* Suppressed on 1788.03.08, its territory being reassigned to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gradisca, Diocese of Gradisca."Titular Episcopal See of Pićan"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 22 March 2017 In 1969 it was restored as a Titular Episcopal See.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

;''Suffragan Bishops of Pedena'':
:incomplete : notably lacking the first centuries
* Vigardo (? – 1200)
* Federico (1200 – 1203)
* Popone (1203 – 1231)
* Pietro di Montemarte (1239? – ?)
* Otone da Parenzo (1247 – 1253)
* Enrico (1254? – ?)
* Bernardo (1263? – ?)
* Viscardo (1267? – ?)
* Bernardo (1275? – 1284?)
* Ulrico (1295 – ?)
* Odorisio Bertrami, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1300 – death 1310)
* Enoch, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1310 – ?)
* Demetrio (1324? – ?)
* Guglielmo (1339? – ?)
* Amanzio, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. ?Conv.) (1343.02.17 – ?)
* Stanislao da Cracovia, O.P. [the name suggests a Silesian] (1343.04.21 – ?)
* Demetrio dei Matafari (1345.02.23 – 1354.02.22), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Nona, Nona (Nin, Croatia) (1354.02.22 – death 1387)
* Nicolò (1354.03.28 – ?)
* Lorenzo (1372.04.19 – ?)
* Andrea Bon (1394.02.16 – 1396.04.12), previously Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Caorle, Caorle (Italy) (1382 – 1394.02.16); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea, La Canea (1396.04.12 – ?)
* Enrico de Wildenstein, Conventual? Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1396.12.23 – ?)
* Paolo de Nostero, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1409.08.23 – ?)
* Giovanni Straus, Conventual? Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1411.04.18 – ?)
* Gregorio di Carinzia, O.E.S.A. (1418.02.14 – ?)
* Nicolò (1430 – death 1434)
* Pietro Giustiniani, O.P. (1434.09.10 – 1457), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Corfu, Corfù (insular Greece) (1458 – 1458)
* ''uncanonical : Martino da Lubiana (1445 – 1447▼)''
* Jakob Krainburg (1457.01.04 – ?)
* Konrad Arensteiner (1461.12.02 – death 1465)
* Michele (1465.06.07 – 1478)
* Michele (1465.06.07 – death 1478)
* Giorgio Maninger (1491.01.31 – ?)
* Ludovico Ruggeri (1501 – ?)
* Georg von Slatkonia (1513? – 1522.04.26), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Wien, Wien (Vienna, Austria, now Metropolitan) (1513.08.12 – 1522.04.26)
* Nikolaus Creutzer, Conventual? Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (30 Jan 1523 - death 2 Oct 1525)
* Giovanni Barbo (16 April 1526 - death 16 Jan 1547)
* Zaccaria Giovanni Divanic (23 May 1550 - death 9 March 1562)
* Daniele Barboli, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (4 June 1563 - death 25 Feb 1570)
* Giorgio Rautgartler (Reitgherlet) (27 April 1573 - death 10 Dec 1600)
* Antonio Zara (13 May 1601 - death 13 Dec 1621)
* Pompeo Coronini (21 April 1625 - 27 Jan 1631), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste (Italy) (1631.01.27 – 1646)
* Gaspard Bobek (7 April 1631 - 1635 Died)"Bishop Gaspard Bobek"
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
* Antonio Marenzi (born Italy) (17 August 1637 Confirmed - 10 Sep 1646), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste (Italy) ([1646.04.26] 1646.09.10 – 1662.10.20)
* Franz Maximilian Vaccano (born Italy) (1 March 1649 Confirmed - 12 March 1663), next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste (Italy) ([1662.11.06] 1663.03.12 – 1672.08.15)
* Paul de Tauris-Jancic, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (13 Aug 1663 - death 1 Feb 1667); previously ''uncanonical Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem, Srijem (Serbia) (1662.09.19 – 1663.08.13▼)''
* Paul Budimir, Order of Friars Minor, O.F.M. (1 Oct 1668 - death 3 April 1670)
* Andreas Daniel von Rauchnach (15 Dec 1670 - death 9 Dec 1686)
* Johann Markus Rossetti (12 Dec 1689 - death 10 Nov 1691)
* Peter Anton Gaus von Homberg (9 March 1693 - death 25 April 1716)
* Georg Xaver Marotti (25 April 1716 - death 20 August 1740), succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Pedena (? – 25 April 1716)
* Bonifatius Cecchotti, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (3 July 1741 - death 1 May 1765)
* Aldrago Antonio de Piccardi (born Italy) (1 Dec 1766 - 14 Feb 1785) Confirmed, next Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Senj-Modruš, Senj-Modruš (Croatia) ([1784.08.31] 1785.02.14 – death 1789.09.13).

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as Latin Titular bishopric of Pićan (Hrvatski) / Pedena (Italian) / Petina (Latin) / Petinen(sis) (Latin adjective).

It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with an archiepiscopal exception :
* ''Titular Archbishop: Josip Pavlišić (1969.08.20 – 1974.04.18) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rijeka-Senj, Rijeka–Senj (Croatia) (1969.08.20 – 1974.04.18), later succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka–Senj (1974.04.18 – retired 1990.01.05); previously Titular Bishop of Bruzus (1951.12.13 – 1969.08.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Senj-Modruš, Senj-Modruš (Croatia) (1951.12.13 – 1969.08.20); died 2005
* John Edward McCarthy (1979.01.23 – 1985.12.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Galveston-Houston (Texas, USA) (1979.01.23 – 1985.12.19); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, Austin (Texas, USA) (1985.12.19 – retired 2001.01.02)
* Rafael Palmero Ramos (1987.11.24 – 1996.01.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo, Toledo (Spain) (1987.11.24 – 1996.01.09); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia, Palencia (Spain) (1996.01.09 – 2005.11.26), Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela–Alicante, Orihuela–Alicante (Spain) (2005.11.26 – retired 2012.07.27)
* Reinhard Marx (1996.07.23 – 2001.12.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn (Germany) (1996.07.23 – 2001.12.20); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier, Trier (Germany) (2001.12.20 – 2007.11.30), Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of München und Freising, München und Freising (Munich and Freising, Germany) (2007.11.30 – ...), Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2009.03 – 2012.03.22), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Corbiniano (2010.11.20 [2011.06.05] – ...), President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2012.03.22 – ...), Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – ...), Coordinator of Council for the Economy (2014.03.08 – ...), President of German Episcopal Conference (2014.03.12 – ...)
* Valentin Pozaić, Jesuit Order (S.J.) (2005.02.02 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, Archdiocese of Zagreb (Croatia) (2005.02.02 – ...), no previous prelature.

See also

* Catholic Church in Croatia
* List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic - former and titular see - data for all sections

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedena, Roman Catholic Diocese
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Croatia