The Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (; ;

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: ''Diocesi di Parenzo e Pola'') is a

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Latin

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in the

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of the Metropolitan

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on the

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peninsula, in

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. (for Chronology of Bishops) (for Chronology of Bishops)

Special churches

The

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episcopal see is

Euphrasian Basilica The Euphrasian Basilica (, ) or the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Mary is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Istrian town of Poreč, Croatia. The episcopal complex, which comprises the basilica itself, a sacristy, a baptistery and the bel ...

, a

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and

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in the city of

Poreč Poreč (; known also by several alternative names) 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, which was designated a UN ...

. The

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is the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in

Pula Pula, also known as Pola, is the largest city in Istria County, west Croatia, and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria, Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, wi ...

. There are two more former cathedrals: Crkva Sv. Pelagije, in Novigrad, and Crkva Navještenja BDM, in

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History

* Established circa (200-)300 as Diocese of Parentium; medieval/modern names Poreč (Croat) / Parenzo (Italian) / Parentin(us) (Latin adjective) * Exchanged territory in 1784 with the Italian

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* Formally United ''aeque principaliter'' (i.e. in

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) with the Diocese of Cittanova but only 1442–1448 * Renamed on June 30, 1828 as Diocese of Parenzo/Poreč and Pola/Pula, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pula * Gained territory on 1977.10.17 from the

, and exchanged territory with Diocese of Koper.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 169,048 Catholics (79.5% of 212,561 total) on 2,839 km² in 135 parishes with 108 priests (94 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 78 lay religious (48 brothers, 30 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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; probably many Italians, notably in the early centuries) ;''Bishops of Poreč'' * Andrea (991 – 1010?) * Sigimbaldo (1015 – 1017?) * Engelmaro (1028 – 1040) * Arpo (1045 – 1050) * Orso (1050 – 1060) * Adelman (1060 – 1075) * Cadolo (1075 – 1082) * Pagano I (1082 – 1104) * Bertold (1104 – 1120) * Ferongo (1120 – 1131) * Rodemondo (1131 – 1146) * Vincenzo (1146 – 1158) * Uberto (1158 – 1174) * Pietro (1174 – 1194) * Giovanni I (1196 – 1200) * Pulcherio (1200 – 1216?) * Adalberto (1219 – 1243) * Pagano II (1243 – 1246) * Giovanni II (1249 – 1254) * Ottone (1256 – 1282) * Bonifazio (1282 – 1305) * Giuliano Natale (1306 – 1309) * Graziadio,

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(O. Carm.) (1309 – 1327) * Giovanni Gottoli de Sordello,

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(O.P.) (1328.06.20 – death 1367) * Gilberto Zorzi, O.P. (1367.07.02 – 1388.03.04), next Bishop of

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(1388.03.04 – death 1403) * Giovanni Lombardo, O. Carm. (1388.06 – death 1415.03.21) * Fantino Valaresso (1415.04.28 – 1425.12.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(insular

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) (1425.12.05 – death 1443.05.18) * Daniele Scotto de’ Rampi (1426 – 1433), next Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1433.01.07 – death 1443.07.11) * Angelo Cavazza (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); previously Bishop of Arba (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); later Bishop of

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(1442 – retired 1448); died 1457 * Placido de Pavanello,

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(O.S.B. Vall.) (1457.01.24 – 1464.11.05); previously

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of Byblus (1454.01.09 – 1457.01.24); later Bishop of

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(1464.11.05 – 1471) * Francesco Morosini,

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(O.S.B.) (1464.11.14 – death 1470.10.03), also

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(Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03) and Apostolic Administrator of

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(Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03) * Bartolomeo Barbarigo (1471.10.11 – died after 1475.06.03) * Silvestro Quirini (1476.01.31 – died about October 1476) * Niccolò Franco (1476.10.23 – 1485.02.21 appointed bishop of Treviso) * Tommaso Catanei (or Colleoni), O.P. (1485.03.04 – 1485.12.12 appointed bishop of Cervia) * Giovanni Antonio Pavaro (1487.03.14 – 1500.02.20) * Alvise Tasso (1500.02.24 – 1516.01.16 appointed bishop of Recanati) * Girolamo Campeggi (1516.03.14 – retired 1533) :

Cardinal

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(1533.06.06 – 1537.05.28) * Giovanni Campeggi (1537.05.28 – 1553.05.06 appointed bishop of Bologna) * Pietro Gritti (1553.05.17 – 1573.02.09) * Cesare Nores (1573.02.09 – 1597.12.12) * Giovanni Lippomano (1598.07.08 – retired after 1608.06.09) * Leonardo Tritonio (1609.02.09 – 1631.06.15) * Ruggero Tritonio (1632.02.01 – 1644.07.25) * Giovan Battista Del Giudice (1644 – 1666.01.24) * Niccolò Petronio Caldana (1667.03.16 – died October 1670) * Alessandro Adelasio, C.R.L. (1671.07.01 – died August 1711) * Antonio Vaira (1712.03.02 – 1717.07.12 appointed bishop of Adria) * Pietro Grassi (1718.03.14 –1731.03.16) * Vincenzo Maria Mazzoleni, O.P. (1731.05.21 – 1741.12.16) * Gaspare Negri (1742.01.22 – died January 1778) * Francesco Polesini (1778.06.01 – 1819.01.09) : No bishop (1819 – 1827) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Poreč and Pula'' :TO BE ELABORATED *

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(1857.12.21 – 1875) * Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina (1878.09.13 – 1882.07.03) * Alojzij Zorn (1882.09.25 – 1883.08.09) * Giovanni Battista Flapp (1884.11.13 – 1912) * Trifone Pederzolli (1913.06.19 – 1941.04.22) * Raffaele Mario Radossi,

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(1941.11.27 – 1948.07.07) *

Bishop Dragutin Nežić (1950.05.21 – 1960.06.15) * Bishop Dragutin Nežić (1960.06.15 – 1984.01.27) * Bishop

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(1984.01.27 – 1997.11.18) * Bishop Ivan Milovan (1997.11.18 - 2012.06.14) * Bishop Dražen Kutleša (2012.06.14 – 2020.07.11) * ''Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Dražen Kutleša (2020.07.11 – 2023.03.18)'' * Bishop

Ivan Štironja Ivan Štironja (born 10 May 1960) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the bishop of Poreč-Pula since 2023. He previously briefly served as the bishop of Kotor in Montenegro, from 2021 to 2023. Originally from the vi ...

(since 2023.01.21)

Sources and external links

Diocese website (in Croat)

References