The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar ( cnr, Барска надбискупија, Barska nadbiskupija; sq, Kryepeshkopata Katolike Romake e Tivarit; la, Archidioecesis Antibarensis) is a
diocese
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History
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Catholic Church
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in
Montenegro
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Bar
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(Italian ''Antivari''). It was erected as a diocese in the 9th century and elevated to an archdiocese in 1089. The Archbishopric was by the Pope's decree abolished some time after 1140, until it was restored by the Serbian medieval
Nemanjić dynasty in 1199.
The Archbishops regularly bore titles of "
Primates
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of Serbia" (''Primas Serviae''), implemented as a permanent part of the title by Archbishop
Stephen Tegliatti in 1475.
The archdiocese's new cathedral is the
Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle (consecrated in September 2017) in Bar. Its old
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located near
Stari Bar.
Rrok Gjonlleshaj currently serves as archbishop in the archdiocese.
[International Bishops' Conference of St. Cyril and Methodius]
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In 1923, Traboin, Tuzi
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, Grude
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Grude is located 49 kilometers from Mostar, 19 kilometers from Imotski, and 1 ...
, and Klezna were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër. In 1969, the territory of the municipalities of Plav, Gusinje
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Name
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, and Vojno Selo
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were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Skopje
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.
History
In 1571 when Ottomans captured Antivari
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the Catholic Church in border area and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar began to collapse and main reasons for this is emigration of indigenous peoples, but also immigration of new ethnic and religious element, brought by the Ottomans. Because of a lack of Catholic priests, entire parish
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es were converted to Orthodoxy.[Ivan Jovović, 2013, Dvooltarske crkve na crnogorskom primorju, https://www.maticacrnogorska.me/files/53/06%20ivan%20jovovic.pdf #page= 67]
Archbishops
*Peter (1064–1094)
*Sergius (1094?/ca. 1110?–1124?)
*Elijah (ca. 1124 – 1140)
*John I (1199–1247)
*John II (Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
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) (1248–1252)
*Gufrid (April 1253 – 1254)
*Lawrence I (1255–1270)
*Gašpar Adam (1270–1280)
*Michael (1282–1298)
*Rudger (1298–1301), member of the
Cistercian order
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, writer
of the Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea
*Marinus I ( Marin Petrov Žaretić) (1301–1306)
*Andrew I Andrew I may refer to:
* Andrew I of Hungary ( 1015 – before 1060)
* Andrew, Archbishop of Antivari (14th century)
* Andrei of Polotsk ( 1325–1399)
* ''King Andrew the First
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(1307–1324)
*William I ( Guillaume Adam) (1324–1341)
*John III (1341–1347)
*Dominic (1349–1360)
*Stephen (1361–1363)
*John IV (1363–1373)
*John V (1373–1382)
*Anton (1383–1390)
*Raymond (1391–1395)
*Ludovik I ( Ludovik Bonito) (1395)
*Marinus II (1396–1420)
*John VI (1420–1422)
* Peter II (1423–1448)
* Andrew II (1448–1459)
*Lawrence II (1459–1460)
*Mark I (1460–1461)
*Simon I ( Šimun Vosić) (1462–1473)["Archbishop Šimun Vosić (Vossich)"]
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*Stephen II ( Stephen Teglatius) (1473–1485)["Archbishop Stefan Teglatije (de Taleazis)"]
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*Philip ( Philip Gaius) (1485–1509)
*Jeronim (1509–1517)
* Lawrence III (1517–1525)
*John VII (1525?–1528?)
*Ludovik II ( Lodovico Chieregati) (1528–1551)
* John VIII (1551–1571)
*Theodore (1575)
*Ambrosius ( Ambrozije Kapić) (1579–1598)
*Thomas ( Toma Ursini) (1598–1607)
*Marinus III ( Marino Bizzi) (1608–1624)
*Peter III (Pjetër Mazreku
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) (1624–1634)
*George I ( Gjergj Bardhi) (1635–1644)
*Francis I ( Franjo Leonardi) (1644–1646)
*Joseph ( Josip Buonaldo) (1646–1653)
*Mark II ( Marco Crisio) (1654–1656)
*Andrew III (Andrija Zmajević
Andrija Zmajević ( cyrl, Андрија Змајевић; 6 June 1628 - 7 September 1694) was a Baroque poet, the Archbishop of Antivari and a theologian.
Biography
Zmajević was born in Perast, in the Bay of Kotor, at the time part of the Republ ...
) (1671–1694)
*Mark III ( Marco Giorga) (1696–1700)
*Vincent I ( Vićenco (Vicko) Zmajević) (1701–1713)
* Egidio Quinto (1719–1722?)
*Matthew (Matija Štukanović(?)) (1722–1744?)
*Mark IV ( Marco de Luchi) (1745–1749)
*Lazarus I ( Lazër Vladanji) (1749–1786)
*George II ( Gjergj Junki) (1786–1787)
*George III ( Gjergj Radovani) (1787–1790)
*Francis II ( Francesco Borzi) (1791–1822)
*Vincent II ( Vincenzo Battucci) (1824–1839)
*Charles ( Karlo Poten) (1855–1886)
*Simon II ( Šimun Milinović) (1886–1910)
*Nicholas ( Nikola Dobrečić) (1912–1955)
*Alexander ( Aleksandar Tokić) (1955–1979)
*Peter IV ( Petar Perkolić) (1979–1997)
* Zef Gashi (1998–2016)
* Rrok Gjonlleshaj (5 April 2016 – )
See also
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Montenegro
References
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External links
A short look at the history of the Bishoprics of Kotor and Bar
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Montenegro
Dioceses established in the 9th century