The Archdiocese of Zadar ( hr, Zadarska nadbiskupija; la, Archidioecesis Iadrensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

of the Catholic church in Croatia."Archdiocese of Zadar"
''GCatholic.org.'' Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The diocese was established in the 3rd Century AD and was made an archdiocese by the Pope Anastasius IV in 1154. Today, it is not part of any ecclesiastical province of Croatia but is only Croatian archdiocese subjected directly to the Holy See.

History

Zadar (modern Croatia) has been a Roman Catholic diocese in

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...

since AD 381 and, since 1146, an

. Adrian IV placed the archdiocese of Zara under the jurisdiction of the

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Gregory the Great. In one of his letters Pope John VIII names

St. Donatus Saints who were named Donatus include: * Saint Donatus of Muenstereifel, 2nd century military martyr and a patron against lightning * Saints Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions, 3rd century * Saint Donatus of Arezzo, bishop of Arezzo (?- ...

as patron of

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, Zadar's former name. Archaeologists find in Zadar many traces of ecclesiastical sculpture with German characteristics dating from the migration of the Germanic tribes. Zadar was the capital of Byzantine Dalmatia, but an example of Carolingian architecture is also found there, indicating that Zadar may once have belonged to the Franks and possibly explaining a visit of Bishop Donatus to Charlemagne in Dietenhofen. Since Zadar belonged to

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, the bishops of Grado had exercised patriarchal jurisdiction over it. In 1276 Patriarch Ægidius summoned Archbishop John with his suffragans to the

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where they were, however, represented by deputies. Archbishop Nicholas III of Zadar was present at the synod convened by Cardinal Guido of Santa Cecilia at Padua in 1350. Twenty constitutions were published, chiefly against the civil life of the clergy and the power of the laity as used against the clergy and church property. Worthy of high respect was

Ægidius of Viterbo Giles Antonini, O.E.S.A., commonly referred to as Giles of Viterbo ( la, Ægidius Viterbensis, it, Egidio da Viterbo), was a 16th-century Italian Augustinian friar, bishop of Viterbo and cardinal, a reforming theologian, orator, humanist and po ...

who governed the archdiocese for two years. In the first session of the Fifth Lateran Council he said: "''Homines per sacra immutari fas est non sacra perhomines''" ("Man must be changed by what is holy, not what is holy by man"). He also addressed the following words to the warlike Julius II, who sought to increase the possessions of the Church: Archbishop Godeassi attended the Synod of Vienna in 1849.

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Pietro Doimo Maupas was present at the

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Ordinaries

Deaneries and parishes

Gallery

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Church of St. Donatus The Church of St. Donatus ( hr, Crkva sv. Donata) is a church located in Zadar, Croatia. Its name refers to Donatus of Zadar, who began construction on this church in the 9th century and ended it on the northeastern part of the forum (Roman), Roman ...

and Archbishops palace (orange building) Kathedrale St. Anastasia.jpg, St. Anastasia Cathedral SVMarija04.jpg, Benedictine monastery of St. Mary Church of St. Simon in Zadar.jpg, St. Simeon's Church St Dominic's Church Zadar 02.jpg, St Dominic's Church Crkva Gospe od Zdravlja Zadar.JPG, Church of Our Lady of Health Samostan sv. Franje, Zadar -jug.jpg, Monastery of St. Francis Assisi (Zadar) St Andrew's and St Peter the Elder's Zadar.jpg, Church of St Andrew's and St Peter the Elder's Chapel of St Demetrius Zadar.jpg, Chapel of St Demetrius Zadar Seminary.jpg, Archdiocesan seminary Gospe Loretske church, Croatia.jpg, Church of Our Lady of Loreto in

Arbanasi Arbanasi may refer to: * Arbanasi people, an Albanian population group in Croatia * Arbanasi dialect, spoken by the Arbanasi people * Arbanasi, older name for Albanians in South Slavic languages * Arbanasi (Zadar) ( hr), a suburb of Zadar, Croatia ...

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