Seal of John, Latin Archbishop of Patras (Schlumberger, 1897)

The Latin Archbishopric of Patras is the

see of Patras The Metropolis of Patras ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Πατρών) is a metropolitan see of the Church of Greece in the city of Patras in Achaea, Greece. The see traces its origins to its patron saint, Saint Andrew, in the 1st century. ...

in the period in which its incumbents belonged to the Latin or Western Church. This period began in 1205 with the installation in the see of a Catholic archbishop following the

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. The Latin archbishop was the senior-most of the seven ecclesiastic barons of the

Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom o ...

, which comprised the entire

Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

. From the late 13th century, the archbishops also purchased the secular

Barony of Patras The Barony of Patras was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located in the northwestern coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, centred on the town of Patras. It was among the twelve original baronies of the Principali ...

from its holders, becoming the most important vassals of the entire principality. It had five

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, Coron, and

Cephalonia-Zante The Diocese of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ( la, Dioecesis Cephaloniensis et Zacynthiensis, it, Cefalonia e Zante) was Roman Catholic diocese located on the Ionian Island of Cephalonia. It was suppressed in 1919.

. The archbishopric survived as a Latin residential see until 1430, when the city of

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fell to the

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of the

Despotate of the Morea The Despotate of the Morea ( el, Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μορέως) or Despotate of Mystras ( el, Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centu ...

. From 1475 on, Latin archbishops continued to be appointed, but for them the bishopric was only a

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. It continues to be included in the

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's list of such sees, but since the

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no new appointments of Catholic bishops of the see have been made.

Residential archbishops

Titular holders

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External links

Patrae (Veteris)
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Baronies of the Principality of Achaea Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Medieval Achaea

Latin Archbishopric of Patras The Latin Archbishopric of Patras is the see of Patras in the period in which its incumbents belonged to the Latin or Western Church. This period began in 1205 with the installation in the see of a Catholic archbishop following the Fourth Crusade. ...

Catholic titular sees in Europe