The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir ( la, Archidioecesis Smyrnensis) is a Latin

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of the

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in Asian

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(Anatolia). The archdiocese's

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motherchurch and thus see of its archbishop is St. John's Cathedral. It also includes a

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: Meryem Ana Evi Meryem Ana Evi, Bülbüldağı. Martin Kmetec O.F.M.Conv., was appointed Archbishop of İzmir by

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on 8 December 2020.

History

In 1346 was established a Latin Archdiocese of Smyrna (Smirne). In 1575 it was suppressed as residential see but immediately transformed into a Latin

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. The title was held by: * Eugenio di Pesaro,

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(1575.11.16 – ?) * Agostino Buzio di Varese, O.F.M. (1580.07.04 – ?) * Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo (1595.10.23 – 1600.04.02) (later Cardinal*) In 1625 the residential see was restored, but demoted to missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, as the Apostolic Vicariate of Smyrna. It was promoted to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir by

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on 18 March 1818, though it lacked the

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that normally constitute the

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under a

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. On 12 September 1896 it gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Trabzon, on 20 July 1931 it lost territory to the Diocese of Chios (insular Greece). It has been visited by

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in July 1967,

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in November 1979, and

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in November 2006. According to the current bishop, around 5,000 Catholics live in the diocese, though the number could be higher if one factors in refugees and migrants. "They mainly live in the inner-city areas of Izmir and other large cities. We have communities also in Konya, Antalya and other cities along the coast. In terms of geographical area, our archdiocese is very large, comprising about 100,000 square kilometres. The last parish that belongs to us is Konya, which is located about 550 kilometres from Izmir; its southern counterpart is Antalya, which is about 450 kilometres away. That shows you how great the distances are."

Ordinaries

(all

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)

Crusader age

;Archbishops of Smyrna (Smirne) * Guillaume Adam,

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(O.P.) (1318 – 1322.10.06), later Archbishop of

Soltania Soltaniyeh ( fa, سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh; ) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. A ...

(1322.10.06 – 1324.10.26), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Montenegro) (1324.10.26 – death 1341) * Benedetto (1343 – ?) *

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(1345.07.10 – 1357.05.15), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Thebae (Thebes, Greece) (1357.05.15 – 1366.04.17),

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(1366.04.17 – death 1370),

Apostolic Administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

of Patrasso (1367.10.20 – 1370) * Pietro da Piacenza,

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(O.F.M.) (1358.01.31 – 1362.03.04), later

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of Olena (1362.03.04 – ?) * Tommaso di Savignon, O.F.M. (1362.06.10 – ?) * Raimondo di San Michele,

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(O. Carm.) (1373.02.14 – ?) * Giorgio Dalmato, O. Carm. (1379.09.06 – ?) * Giovanni di Berriaco,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1386.10.10 – ?) * Giovanni di Leicester, O. Carm. (1398 – ?) * Paolo (1410 – ?) * Francesco di Monte Granelli, O.F.M. (1412.06.04 – ?)

Modern age

Apostolic Vicars of Smyrna (Smirne)

* Pietro de Marchi, O.P. (1625.02.19 – death 1648.07.13), previously Bishop of

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(insular Greece) (1611.04.18 – 1625.02.19) * Giacinto Subiani, O.P. (1648.07.13 – 1652.03.05),

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(1644.11.14 – 1648.07.13), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Smyrna (1644.11.14 – 1648.07.13), later Apostolic Vicar of

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(Turkey) (1652.03.05 – 1656.10.15) * Leone Macripodari (1659.04.05 – 1689) * Antonio Giustiniani (1690.01.13 – 1694.02.08), later Bishop of

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(Greece) (1694.02.08 – 1701.01.24),

of Diocese of Andros (insular Greece) (1698.05.02 – ?), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(insular Greece) (1701.01.24 – death 1730.03) *

Daniel Duranti, O.F.M. (1696.06.07 – 1706?; ''see below''), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Macedonia) (1690.12.11 – 1702.07.29) * Fr. Nicolaus de Camillis (1706.05.12 – 1710.05.07), later Bishop of

(Greece) (1710.05.07 – 1710 not possessed) *

Daniel Duranti, O.F.M. (''see above'' 1708.06.23 – 1713.08.17), retired Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Macedonia) * Davide di San Carlo,

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(O.C.D.) (1713.11.23 – death 1715.04.18) * Filippo Bavestrelli (1715.08.09 – 1720.09.30), later Bishop of

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(insular Greece) (1720.09.30 – death 1754.04.06) * Pietro Battista di Garbagnate,

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(O.F.M. Ref.) (1718.04.09 – 1720.06.15), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Cartagine (1720.06.15 – death 1730.04.11) * Pietro Francesco Lombardi, O.F.M. Ref. (1720.08.30 – 1721.07.05), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Talia (1721.07.05 – death 1722) *

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Antonio Maturi, O.F.M. (1722.04.15 – 1731.05.21), later Bishop of

(Greece) (1731.05.21 – 1733.04.13), Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Greece) (1733.04.13 – 1749.07.21),

of above Syros (1749.07.21 – death 1750.10) * Dario de Longhis, O.F.M. (1730.09.02 – 1735.05.25), later Bishop of

(Greece) (1735.05.25 – retired 1748.07.27) * Gerolamo di Peraino, O.F.M. Ref. (1735.02.05 – 1747) * Joannes Baptista Bavestrelli (1747.05.12 – 1754.09.16), later Bishop of

(insular Greece) (1754.09.16 – 1772.08.31), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Heraclea (1772.08.31 – death 1777.04.20) * Eusebio Franzosini, O.P. (1754.12.20 – 1763) * Domenico di Valdagno, O.F.M. Ref. (1763.08.26 – 1779) * Pietro Graveri di Moretta, O.F.M. Obs. (1779.12.23 – 1781.08.17) * Giulio Maria Pecori d’Ameno, O.F.M. (1781.08.18 – 1788.09.23), later Titular Bishop of

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(1788.09.23 – death 1796.02.28) & Apostolic Vicar of

(Turkey) (1788.09.23 – 1796.02.28) * Pasquale Orlandini da Bergamo, O.F.M. Ref. (1790.04.16 – 1817.06.26) *

Luigi Maria Cardelli, O.F.M. Ref. (1817.06.26 – 1818.03.18 ''see below''), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Smyrna (? – 1817.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Izmir (Smyrna)

* Luigi Maria Cardelli, O.F.M. Ref. (''see above'' 1818.03.18 – 1832.08.29), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Acrida (1832.09.11 – 1868.06.11) * Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie,

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(SS.CC.) (1835.02.13 – 1837.11.24), previously Latin Bishop of

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(Iraq) (1832.05.04 – 1835.02.13); later

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(Picpus Fathers) (1837.05.04 – 1853.07.26), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of

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(1837.11.24 – death 1874.07.08) * Antonio Mussabini (1838.03.06 – death 1861.05.04) * Giuseppe Maria Alberti (1862.01.07 – 1862.03.23 ''not possessed''), previously Titular Bishop of Eumenia (1843.03.21 – 1851.10.30), Coadjutor Bishop of

(Greece) (1843.03.21 – 1851.10.30) succeeding as Bishop of Syros (1851.10.30 – death 1880.03.18) * Vincent Spaccapietra (1862.04.08 – death 1878.11.24),

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(C.M.), previously Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis (1852.11.21 – 1855.04.18), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Trinidad and Tobago) (1855.04.18 – 1859.09.12), Titular Archbishop of

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(1859.09.12 – 1862.04.08) *

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(1879.05.27 – 1904.08.01) * Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P. (1904.08.01 – death 1909.06.12), succeeding as former

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of Izmir (1904.03.08 – 1904.08.01) & Titular Archbishop of

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(1904.03.08 – 1904.08.01) * Giuseppe Antonio Zucchetti,

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(O.F.M.Cap.) (1909.12.22 – death 1920.03.08), former Apostolic Prefect of

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(Turkey) (1879 – 1909.12.22); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of

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(1920.03.08 – death 1931.06.01) * Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega (1921.01.24 – 1929.03.01); later Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1929.03.01 – death 1944.12.04),

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(papal ambassador) to

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(1939.08.13 – retired 1939.12.09) *

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(1929.02.27 – 1930.01.18),

of Stauropolis (1929.07.18 – 1961.08.13), later papal diplomat:

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and Ruanda-Urundi (1930.01.18 – 1949.01.12),

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(1949.01.12 – 1951.12.21), Apostolic Nuncio to Austria (1951.12.21 – death 1961.08.13) * Eduardo Tonna (1929.11.26 – 1937.12.02), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Garella (1937.12.02 – 1939.04.15) and finally Titular Archbishop of Miletus (1939.04.15 – 1963.11.07) * Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. (1937.12.03 – 1965.11.04), later Titular Archbishop of Antinoë (1965.11.04 – 1971?, died 1972) * Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger,

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(1965.11.04 – death 1966.08.31) *

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(1966 – 1967.09.09), Titular Archbishop of Serra (1961.10.28 – 1983.03.01), papal diplomat * Giovanni Enrico Boccella,

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(1967.09.09 – 1978.12.07), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of

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(1978.12.07 – death 1992.05.22) * Domenico Caloyera, O.P. (1978.12.07 – 1983.01.22), previously

''sede plena'' of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkey) (1955.05.27 – 1957.01.28), Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkey) (1957.01.28 – 1973) *

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, O.F.M. Cap. (1983.01.22 – retired 2004.10.11) *

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, O.F.M. Cap. (2004.10.11 – 7 November 2015) *

Lorenzo Piretto Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. (born 15 December 1942) is the emeritus Archbishop of Izmir and a Dominican friar. He was ordained to the episcopate and installed as Archbishop of Izmir on 20 December 2015, five days after his 73rd birthday. Biography ...