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
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and a
Maronite
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successor as
titular see
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Biblical Nazareth was one of the major sees of the
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
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during the
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First Crusade
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moved there the
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Greek Orthodox
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continued to maintain two separate dioceses.
Nazareth thus became a
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Metropolitan Archdiocese circa 1100. Among its
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conquest in the
Holy Land
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, the Archbishops of Nazareth took refuge in Barletta (
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, the Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed.
On 22 October 1828, with the Bull ''Multis quidem'' of
Pope Leo XII
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(all Roman Rite)
* 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 (O.Templ.) (1288–?)
* Peter (?–1326)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta
(all Roman Rite)
;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta''
*Yvo (1327–1330)
*Pietro of Naples,
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(O.P.) † (1330–1345)
*Durando, Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) (1345–1348)
*Riccardo, O.F.M. (1348–1366)
*Guglielmo Belvaysius, O.P. (1366–1369)
*Giovanni Salomoni, O.P. (1369–1380)
*Giordano Estublans, O.P. (1381–?)
*Giovanni Alessio (1390–1400)
*Paolo di Arezzo, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1400–1431)
*Agostino Favaroni, Augustinian Order (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
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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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Ercole Rangone (1526), while **
*Pietro Francesco Ferro (1526)
*Giovanni Francesco Cina (1527)
*Filippo Adimari (1528–1536)
;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nazareth in Barletta-Canne-Monteverde''
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* Bernardino Figueroa (1553–1571)
*
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(1604–1608), elected pope Urban VIII)
* Michelangelo Tonti (1608–1609)
* Domenico Rivarola (1609–1627)
* Antonio Lombardi (1627–1636)
* Antonio Severoli (1639–1666)
* Francesco Antonio De Luca (1667–1676)
* Marziale Pellegrini, Conventual Franciscans (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)
On 21 April 1860, the archdiocese was nominally restored as Metropolitan Titular archbishopric 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 (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 (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,
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(O.P.) (1947.11.10 – 1971.07.03)
* Giuseppe Carata (1971.08.28 – 1989).
Maronite Titular (Arch)Bishopric of Nazareth
(
Antiochian Rite
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)
It was established in the late 19th century as a Titular bishopric 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 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).
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