The Archbishop of Nazareth is a former residential Metropolitan see, first in the
Holy Land
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, then in Apulian exile in Barletta (southern Italy), which had a
Latin
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and a
Maronite
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successor as
titular see
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s, the first merged into
Barletta
Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens.
The city's territory belong ...
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Nazareth
Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
was one of the major sees of the
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
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during the
crusade
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s. After capturing
Nazareth
Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
, the leaders of the
First Crusade
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moved there the
Metropolitan see
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* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a t ...
Greek Orthodox
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continued to maintain two separate dioceses.
Nazareth thus became a
Latin Church
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Metropolitan Archdiocese circa 1100. Among its
suffragan
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s were the
Bishopric of Tiberias
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and the Abbot of
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee.
In the Hebrew Bible (Book of Joshua, Joshua, Book of Judges, Judges), Mount Tabor is the sit ...
.
Following the
Muslim
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conquest in the
Holy Land
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, the Archbishops of Nazareth took refuge in
Barletta
Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens.
The city's territory belong ...
Italy
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), and moved permanently there in 1327. It began the long line of Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth residing in Barletta, which was called the see of Nazareth in Barletta.
On June 27, 1818, with the papal bull ''De ulteriori'' of
Pope Pius VII
Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...
, the Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed.
On 22 October 1828, with the Bull ''Multis quidem'' of
Pope Leo XII
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, the title of Archbishop of Nazareth was granted to the Archbishops of
Trani
Trani () is a seaport of Apulia, in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, by railway west-northwest of Bari. It is one of the capital cities of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani.
History
Overview
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Roman Rite
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)
* Bernard (c. 1120) * William (1129–1138)
* Robert I (1138–1151)
* Robert II (1151–?)
* Attard (?–1159)
* Letard (1160–1190)
* Gervasio (?–1222)
* Nicholas (c. 1230)
* Hugh (1231–1239)
* Henry (1239–1268)
* Guy (1273–1288)
* William of St. John,
Knights Templar
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(O.Templ.) (1288–?)
* Peter (?–1326)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta
(all
Roman Rite
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)
;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta''
*Yvo (1327–1330)
*Pietro of Naples,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) † (1330–1345)
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Carmelite Order
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Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) (1400–1431)
*Agostino Favaroni,
Augustinian Order
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(O.E.S.A.) (1431–1443)
*Marino Orsini (1445–?)
;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta-Cann(a)e'', having absorbed the title of ''Bishop of
Cannae
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''
*Giacomo de Aurilia, O.F.M. (1455–1483)
*Giovanni de Barthon, (1483–1491)
*Giovanni Maria Poderico (1491–1510)
*Orlando Carretto Della Rovere (1510–1512)
*Giorgio Benigno Salviati, O.F.M. (1513–1520)
*Leonardo Baccuto (1520–1525)
*Pietro De Albis (1525–1526)
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Apostolic administrator
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Ercole Rangone (1526), while **
*Pietro Francesco Ferro (1526)
*Giovanni Francesco Cina (1527)
*Filippo Adimari (1528–1536)
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Gerolamo de Caro
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Francesco Spera
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Girolamo Bevilacqua
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Maffeo Barberini
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(1604–1608), elected pope
Urban VIII
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)
*
Michelangelo Tonti
Michelangelo Tonti (1566–1622) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
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(1608–1609)
* Domenico Rivarola (1609–1627)
* Antonio Lombardi (1627–1636)
* Antonio Severoli (1639–1666)
* Francesco Antonio De Luca (1667–1676)
* Marziale Pellegrini,
Conventual Franciscans
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Dating back to ...
(O.F.M. Conv.) (1677–1685)
* Filippo Condulmari (1685–1688)
* Giuseppe Rosa (1690–1694)
* Domenico Folgori (1695–1706)
* Giulio Piazza (1706–1710)
* Girolamo Mattei (1710–1712)
* Salvatore Miroballo (1717–1726)
* Giovanni Crisostomo Bianchi, O.E.S.A. (1726)
* Nicola Iorio (1726–1744)
* Antonio Marulli De Galiberti (1745–1751)
* Giusto De Marco, (C.R.) (1751–1769)
* Pasquale Maria Mastrillo, C.R. (1769–1783)
* Giuseppe Mormile, C.R. (1792–1801).
Titular successor sees
Latin Titular Archbishopric of Nazareth
(all
Roman Rite
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)
On 21 April 1860, the archdiocese was nominally restored as Metropolitan
Titular archbishopric
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of Nazareth.
In 1925 it was suppressed, only to be restored in 1929 and finally united with (i.e. merged into) the residential Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie, also territorial heir to the former Apulian see in exile.
It has had the following archiepiscopal incumbents, apparently all of the highest (Metropolitan) rank :
* Giuseppe de' Bianchi Dottula (1860.04.21 – 1892.09.22)
* Domenico Marinangeli (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08), as former Bishop of
Foggia
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(Italy) (1882.03.27 – 1893.01.16) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1898.01.08), later
Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
The Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria was a nominal Patriarchate of the Latin church on the see of Alexandria in Egypt.
(1898.01.08 – 1921.03.06)
* Tommaso de Stefano (1898.03.24 – 1906.05.19)
* Francesco Paolo Carrano (1906.09.01 – 1915.03.18)
* Giovanni Régine (1915.12.06 – 1918.10.04)
* Giuseppe Maria Leo (1920.01.17 – 1925)
* Paul Auad (1941.06.14 – 1944.06.28)
* Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) (1947.11.10 – 1971.07.03)
* Giuseppe Carata (1971.08.28 – 1989).
Maronite Titular (Arch)Bishopric of Nazareth
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Antiochian Rite
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Liturgies in the Antiochene Rite
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)
It was established in the late 19th century as a
Titular bishopric
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of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but suppressed in 1911, having had a single incumbent :
* Titular Bishop Youhanna Habib (1889 – 1894.06.04).
In 1926 it was restored, now as a
Titular archbishopric
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of the intermediate (non-Metropolitan) rank. In 1939 it was again suppressed, having had the following incumbents :
* Titular Archbishop Paul Auad (1896.09.24 – 1911.02.11)
* Titular Archbishop Elias Richa (1926.06.21 – 1937.10.10).
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Holy land and Cyprus
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*
List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
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Lordship of Nazareth
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, feudal territory in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy
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Catholic Encyclopedia
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