Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik

Diocese of Dubrovnik Dioecesis Ragusiensis Dubrovačka biskupija
Cathedral of Assumption, Dubrovnik
Location
Country	Croatia
Ecclesiastical province	Split-Makarska
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Split-Makarska
Statistics
Area	1,368 km^2 (528 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 86,896 76,560 (88.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	990
Cathedral	Cathedral of Assumption, Dubrovnik
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mate Uzinić
Metropolitan Archbishop	Marin Barišić
Website
dubrovacka-biskupija.hr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačka biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southern Croatia.^[1][2] The diocese is centred in the city of Dubrovnik. It was first erected in 990. From 1120 to 1828 it was elevated to the status of archdiocese. By papal bull Locum Beati Petri it was degraded at the level of the diocese in 1828.

The Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Dubrovnik was built in 1713 after the previous cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake. Current Bishop Mate Uzinić is head of the diocese. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011.

Dubrovnik's patron saint is Saint Blaise (locally called Sveti Vlaho).

Dubrovnik bishops

• Fabriciano † (530)
• Florenzio † (? – 593 deposed)
• ..
• Vitale † (1074)
• ..
• Aleardo, O.F.M. † (13th century appointed Archbishop of Oristano)
• ..
• Bartolomeo † (? – 8 July 1317 appointed Archbishop of Trani)
• Benedek † (1317 – ?)
• ..
• Maffiolus de Lampugnano (1385 - 1387)
• ..
• Niccolò De Hortis † (? – 26 July 1402 appointed Archbishop of Manfredonia)
• Niccolò Sacchi † (26 July 1402 – ?)
• Beato Giovanni Dominici, O.P. † (28 March 1408 – 1414 resigned)
• Antonio † (1414 – ?)
• ..
• Timoteo Maffei † (? – 1454 appointed Archbishop of Milan)
• ..
• Giovanni Sacco † (1489 – 1502 appointed Archbishop of Ancona e Umana)
• Giuliano Maffei (1503-1510)
• Rainaldo Graziani (1510-1526)
• PAmfilius Strassoldo (1544)
• Giovanni Angelo Medici (1545 - 1553) later Pope Pius IV
• Sebastiano Portico † (? – 18 September 1555 appointed Archbishop of Foligno)
• Lodovico Beccatelli (Beccadelli) † (18 September 1555 – 17 October 1572 died)
• Crisostomo Calvino, O.S.B. † (1572 – 16 February 1575 died)
• Vincenzo Portico † (16 February 1575 – 1579 died)
• Gerolamo Matteucci † (2 June 1579 – 8 August 1583 appointed Archbishop of Sarno)
• Raffaele Bonelli † (7 October 1583 – 4 April 1588 died)
• Paolo Albero † (21 August 1588 – 31 July 1591 died)
• Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M.Conv. † (31 July 1591 – 1 July 1602 appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of San Marco)^[3]
• Fabio Tempestivi † (1602 – 1616)^[4]
• Vincenzo Lanteri, C.O. † (1616 – 19 July 1628 appointed Archbishop of Veroli)
• Tommaso Cellesi (1628 – November 1633 died)
• ..
• Bernardino Larizza † (1640 – 1647 died)
• Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.Io.Hier. † (16 September 1647 – 10 January 1650 appointed Archbishop of Acquapendente)
• ..
• Pietro de Torres † (? – 24 January 1689 nappointed Archbishop of Potenza)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Lucchesini † (? – 13 April 1693 nappointed Archbishop of Assisi)
• Placido Stoppa † (? – 11 April 1699 appointed Archbishop of Venosa)
• ..
• Andrea Roberti † (1708 – 1713 appointed Archbishop of Policastro)
• Raimondo Gallani † (? – 10 March 1727 died)
• Felipe Itúrbide, O.Carm. † (25 June 1727 – 1 January 1728 died)
• Angelo Franchi, O.F.M. † (26 January 1728 – 1751)
• Hijacint Marija Milković † (20 March 1752 – 1756)
• Arcangelo Lupi, O.P. † (18 July 1757 – 1766)
• Nicola Pugliesi † (6 April 1767 – 1777)
• Gregorio Lazzari † (15 December 1777 – 1792)
• Ludovico Spagnoletti † (26 March 1792 – 1799)
• Nikola Ban † (12 May 1800 – 15 April 1815 died)
  • Vacant seat (1815-1828)
• Antonio Giuriceo † (5 July 1830 – 1842)
• Toma Jedrlinić † (30 January 1843 – 1 August 1855 died)
• Vincenco Zubranić † (19 June 1856 – 1872)
• Ivan Zafron † (1872 – 1881)
• Mato Vodopić † (3 July 1882 – 1893)
• Giuseppe Gregorio Marčelić † (18 May 1894 – 1928 died)
• Josip Marija Carević † (13 aprile 1929 – 9 February 1940 died)
• Pavao Butorac † (25 September 1950 – 22 November 1966 died)
• Severin Pernek † (10 April 1967 – 7 December 1989 died)
• Želimir Puljić (7 December 1989 – 15 March 2010 appointed Archbishop of Zadar)
• Mate Uzinić (24 January 2011 – present)

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Croatia

References

1. "Diocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Dubrovnik" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Archbishop Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
4. "Archbishop Fabio Tempestivi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

External links

• Diocese of Dubrovnik