The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios ( la, Dioecesis Chiensis) is a

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located on the island of

Chios Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mastic ...

in the

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of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece."Diocese of Chios (Scio)"
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History

* 1400: Established as Diocese of Chios

Diocese of Chios

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s of Chios (Roman rite) * Constantino Giustiniani, O.P. (27 Aug 1540 - 1546 Died) * Girolamo Giustiniani, O.P. (15 Dec 1599 - 1604 Resigned) * Marco Giustiniani, O.P. (31 May 1604 - 1640 Died)"Bishop Marco Giustiniani, O.P."
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(10 Mar 1642 - 1686 Died) *

Leonardo Balsarini Leonardo Balsarini (1636 – December 1699) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Latin Archbishop of Corinth (1698–1699), Roman Catholic Bishop of Chios (1686–1698), and Titular Bishop of ''Philadelphia in Arabia'' (1668–1686). ''(in ...

(Mar 1686 Succeeded - 19 Dec 1698 Resigned) *

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, C.R.M. (28 May 1700 - 22 Jul 1709 Appointed,

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) *Philippus Bavestrelli (30 Sep 1720 - 6 Apr 1754 Died) *Giovanni Battista Bavestrelli (16 Sep 1754 - 31 Aug 1772 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople) *Jean Antoine Voricla (12 Jul 1773 - 28 Feb 1785 Died) *Pietro Antonio Craveri, O.F.M. Obs. (19 Dec 1785 - 7 Apr 1788 Confirmed,

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) *Nicolao Lorenzo Timoni (15 Sep 1788 - 18 Nov 1812 Died) *Binkentios Coressi (24 Jul 1797 - Did Not Take Effect) *Francesco Saverio Dracopoli (19 Dec 1814 - 1 Aug 1821 Died) *Ignazio Giustiniani (10 May 1829 - 10 Mar 1875 Died) *

Andrea Policarpo Timoni Andreas Polykarpos Timonis ( el, Ανδρέας Πολύκαρπος Τιμόνης), also referred under the italianized form Andrea Policarpo Timoni (14 March 1833, in Chios – July 25, 1904) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Chios from 30 July 1875 t ...

(30 Jul 1875 - 13 May 1879 Appointed,

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) *Ignazio Nicolaus Giustiniani (13 May 1879 - 26 Oct 1884 Died) *Fedele Abbati (Abati), O.F.M. (23 Jan 1885 - 27 Apr 1890 Resigned) *Dionisio Nicolosi (6 Jun 1890 - 25 Jan 1916 Died) *Nikolaos Charichiopoulos (Harikoupoulos) (3 Jan 1917 - 1 Jul 1939 Died) ** Archbishop

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(Apostolic Administrator 1939 – 1947.02.22) ** Archbishop

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(Apostolic Administrator 1947.05.29 – 1959.11.06) ** Fr.

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(Apostolic Administrator 1959 – 1961) ** Archbishop

Ioannis Perris Ioannis Perris (October 10, 1916 - August 20, 2006) was a Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos from October 24, 1960, to April 29, 1993. Biography Ioannis Perris was born on October 10, 1916, in Greece. After receiving theo ...

(Apostolic Administrator 1961 – 1993) ** Archbishop

Nikolaos Printesis Nikolaos Printezis or Printesis ( el, Νικόλαος Πρίντεζης; born 21 February 1941) is the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos and former Apostolic Administrator of Chios. Biography On 19 December ...

(Apostolic Administrator 1993.04.29 – 2021.01.25) ** Archbishop

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(Apostolic Administrator 2021.01.25 – present)

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Religious organizations established in the 1400s Chios Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 15th century {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub

History

Diocese of Chios

See also

References

Sources