The Roman Catholic Diocese of Retimo Latin: Dioecesis Rhithymnensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Rethymo (modern day

Rethymno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ( ...

) on the north coast of the island of

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. (for Chronology of Bishops) (for Chronology of Bishops) It was established around 1250 AD. On 5 November 1551, it was renamed as Diocese of Retimo–Ario (Italian) / Rhithymnensis–Ariensis (Latin) and gained territory from the suppressed

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ario The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ario was a Latin Rite Catholic diocese in Greece."Diocese of Ario"

Bishops of Rethymo

* Luca Grimani, (13 Nov 1409–1418 Appointed,

Bishop of Canea The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea or Cidonia (Cydonia ) was a bishopric on Crete, with see at present Chania, and afterward was twice a Latin titular see.

) :..... * Bartolomeo Averoldi (18 Sep 1517–1537 Died) * Alberto Pascaleo de Utino, O.P. (29 Oct 1537–1540 Appointed,

Bishop of Chioggia The Italian Catholic Diocese of Chioggia ( la, Dioecesis Clodiensis) is in the Veneto, at the southernmost point of the ''Laguna veneta''. Until 1451, the diocese was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Grado. On 8 October 1451, in the bull "Regis ...

) :.....

Bishops of Rethymo-Ario

:..... * Timoteo Giustiniani, O.P. (5 Oct 1551–1564 Appointed, Bishop of Chios) * Bartolomeo Chiapponi (24 Apr 1564–1581 Died) * Giulio Carrara (16 May 1582 – 1589 Died) * Lelio Zanchi (5 Feb 1590–1594 Died) * Ferdinando D'Avila (Pietro D'Avila) O.F.M. Obs. (4 Mar 1592–1594 Appointed,

Bishop of Ascoli Satriano The Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano ( la, Dioecesis Ceriniolensis-Asculana Apuliae) in Apulia, has existed under this name since 1986. Its bishop has been a suffragan of the Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino since 1979. ...

) * Sebastiano Aroldus, O.F.M. Obs. (9 Mar 1594–1609 Died) * Luca Stella (15 Jun 1609–Nov 1615 Appointed,

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(12 Jun 1617 – ) * Giovanni Francesco Gozzadini (12 Aug 1641 –)

Titular see

With the

Ottoman conquest of Crete Ottoman is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, ‘uthmān). It may refer to: Governments and dynasties * Ottoman Caliphate, an Islamic caliphate from 1517 to 1924 * Ottoman Empire, in existence fro ...

, around 1650?, the residential diocese was suppressed and listed as

titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

of Rhithymna (Latin) / Retimo (Italian). In 1936, the titular see was suppressed, having has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Francesco Trevisan Suarez (1728.11.15 – 1738.11.24) * José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga (1828.12.15 – 1832.12.17) * Marco Antonio Maiz (1844.07.25 – 1848.05.15) * William Wareing (1858.12.21 – 1865.12.26) * James David Richards (1871.01.13 – 1893.11.30) *Paul Pellet,

Society of African Missions The Society of African Missions ( la, Societas Missionum ad Afros; ) abbreviated SMA, also known as the SMA Fathers, is a Catholic religious Society of Apostolic Life of pontifical right for men founded by Melchior de Marion Brésillac in 1856. ...

(S.M.A.) (1895.01.15 – 1914.03.11) * Americo Bevilacqua (1915.01.22 – 1918.02.02), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1915.01.22); later

Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Scythopolis (1918.02.02 – death 1926.03.20) * António Antunes (1919.09.12 – 1936.03.01)

References

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