The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tinos (and Mykonos) was a Latin

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diocese on some of the Aegean islands of Greece.

History

The Roman Catholic diocese was established in place of the local

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see following the conquest of the islands by the

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in the early 1200s. It was renamed in 1400 to the Diocese of Tinos and Mykonos ( la, Tinensis et Myconensis), including the island

Mykonos Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according to the ...

in its title. In 1824 it gained territory from the suppressed

Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros The Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros was a Latin catholic bishopric in insular Greece. In 1919, it was absorbed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos ( la, Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in insular Greece.Wikipedia:Verifiability#S ...

(formerly the Archdiocese of Naxos).

Episcopal ordinaries

Diocese of Tinos

''Erected: 13th Century''; ''Latin Name: Tinensis'' * Bartolomeo de' Pasquali (? – 1328), previously Bishop of

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(1328 – 1335) * Tommaso,

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O.E.S.A.) (1329.03.06 – ?) * Stefano (1346? – ?) * Giovanni (? – death 1400?)

Diocese of Tinos-Mykonos

''1400: Renamed as Diocese of Tinos and Mykonos''
''Latin Name: Tinensis et Myconensis'' * Giacomo Endrighetti,

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(O.P.) (1400.03.31 – ?) * Giacomo (1403.09.21 – ?) * Pietro da Haya,

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(O. Carm.) (1411.06.16 – ?) * Antonio da Tivoli,

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(O.F.M.) (1418.08.12 – 1428.04.26), later Bishop of Eraclea (1428.04.26 – ?) * Giacomo da Venezia, O.F.M. (1428.05.21 – death 1430) * Marco Sclavi da Candia, O.F.M. (1430.10.25 – ?) * Nicolò Lenda (1449.05.28 – ?) * Nicolò (1468? – ?) * Ridaldo (? – ?) * Giovanni Lunari (1495.05.04 – ?) * Alexander Scutarinus (24 Jan 1533 - 1558 Died) * Marco Grimani (15 Feb 1559 - 1594 Died) *

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) * Nicolaus Righi (7 Oct 1619 - Oct 1653 Died) * Mauritii Doria (9 Feb 1654 - 1672 Died) * Angelus Veniero (Angelus Venerius) (16 Jan 1673 - Dec 1699 Died) ''(in Latin)'' *

Pietro Martire Giustiniani Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. (1645–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos (1700–1715) and Archbishop of Naxos (1691–1700). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Pietro Martire Giustiniani was born in ...

, O.P. (10 May 1700 - Jan 1715 Died) *Nicolaus Cigala (1 Jul 1716 - Apr 1738 Died) *Luigi Guarchi (26 Sep 1738 - 31 Jan 1762 Died) *Vencentius de Via (31 Jan 1762 Succeeded - Sep 1799 Died) *Iosephus Maria Tobia, O.F.M. Conv. (Sep 1799 Succeeded - 21 Feb 1809 Appointed,

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) *Ignazio Palmidessa, O.P. (31 May 1816 - 12 Aug 1817 Died) *Giovanni Collaro (16 Mar 1818 - 3 Jan 1826 Died) *Giorgio Gabinelli (3 Jul 1826 - 7 Jul 1843 Resigned) *Francesco Zaloni (7 Jul 1843 Succeeded - 29 Jun 1866 Died) *Giovanni Marangò (Marengo) (29 Jun 1866 Succeeded - 23 Jul 1875 Appointed,

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) *Ignazio Nicolaus Giustiniani (30 Jul 1875 - 13 May 1879 Appointed,

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) ''3 June 1919 United with the Diocese of Andros, the Archdiocese of Naxos, and the Diocese of Tinos to form the

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History

Episcopal ordinaries

Diocese of Tinos

Diocese of Tinos-Mykonos

References

See also