The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos ( la, Dioecesis Syrensis et Milensis) is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the cities of

Syros Syros ( el, Σύρος ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and it has 21,507 inhabitants (2011 census). The largest towns are Ermoupoli, An ...

and

Milos Milos or Melos (; el, label=Modern Greek, Μήλος, Mílos, ; grc, Μῆλος, Mêlos) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The ''Venus d ...

in the

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.

History

* 1400: Established as Diocese of Syros – Milos

Ordinaries

Bishops of Syros

# Agostino Gisolfi, OP (23 September 1592 – 1607) # Giovanni Andrea Garga, OP (30 July 1607 – 2 October 1617) # Giovanni Girardi, OFM (7 January 1619 – 1624) # Domenico Marengo, OFM (27 October 1625 – 1645) #

Giovanni Mihele de Curtis Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, O Carm (6 May 1647 – June 1655) #

Giuseppe Guarchi Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...

(2 August 1655 – 1690) # Antonio Giustiniani (8 February 1694 – 24 January 1701) #

Michele Caro Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael. Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...

(12 February 1703 – 18 September 1707) #

Nicolaus de Camillis Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to: In science: * Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar syste ...

(7 May 1710 – 1710) #

Nicola Portoghese Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people, ...

, OFM (1 October 1710 – 1727) #

Giovanni Francesco Bossi Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, OFM Conv (28 November 1729 – 22 November 1730) #

Antonio Maturi Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

, OFM (21 May 1731 – 13 April 1733) #

Emmanuel Caranza Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

(13 April 1733 – June 1734) #

Dario de Longhis Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius. Given name *Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician *Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director * Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper *Dario Bellezza (1 ...

(25 May 1735 – 27 July 1748) #

, OFM (21 July 1749 – October 1750) #

Giacinto Giustiniani Giacinto is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Giacinto Achilli (1803–1860), Italian Roman Catholic discharged from the priesthood for sexual misconduct * Giacinto Allegrini (born 1989), Italian professional fo ...

, OP (15 May 1752 – 29 May 1786) #

Giovanni Battista Fonton Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, OFM Conv (24 July 1786 – 16 March 1799) # Ioannes Baptistus Russin (5 October 1800 – 14 September 1824) # Luigi Maria Blancis da Ciriè, OFM Ref (15 March 1830 – 30 October 1851) # Giuseppe Maria Alberti (30 October 1851 – 18 March 1880) # Teofilo Massucci, OFM Ref (1 October 1880 – 18 February 1895) # Theodoros Antonios Politos (27 March 1895 – 11 June 1901) # Dominikos Darmanin (18 June 1901 – 4 March 1912) # Antonios Makrionitis (2 July 1912 – 9 December 1936) # Antonio Grigorios Voutsinos, (9 June 1937 – 29 May 1947) #

Georges Xenopulos Georgios Xenopoulos, SJ ( el, Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος; 23 August 1898 – 28 January 1980) was a Greek Jesuit and prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1947 until his retirement in 1974, he was the Bishop of Santorini and the Bisho ...

, SJ (22 February 1947 – 27 June 1974) # Franghiskos Papamanolis,

OFM Cap The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...

(27 June 1974 – 13 May 2014) #

Petros Stefanou Petros Stefanou ( el, Πέτρος Στεφάνου, born on 17 August 1963, Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece) is a Catholic prelate and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos from 13 May 2014. Biography Stefanou is a graduate of the U ...

(13 May 2014 – )

Sources

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Dioceses established in the 13th century Syros Milos {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub

History

Ordinaries

Bishops of Syros

See also

Sources