Diocese of Nin

The Diocese of Nin (historically, Nona) was a Catholic jurisdiction probably founded in the middle of the 9th century. The seat of its bishops was the Church of the Holy Cross in Nin, Croatia.

List

Bishop Office Notes
Theodosius879-886 Listed by Daniele Farlati, Pius Basilius Gams, Carlo F. Bianchi, Ivan A. Gurato and the official Catholic schematisms.
Alfredusc. 890
Gregorius
c. 900–929Gregorius was the bishop of Nin and as such was under strong protection of King Tomislav. At the Synod in 925, held in Split, Croatia, Gregory lost to the Archbishop of Split, he was offered the Sisak Bishopric, but he refused. After the conclusions of the first Synod, Gregory complained again in 928 but was rejected and his Nin bishopric was abolished, Gregory himself being sent off to the Skradin bishopric, after which he disappears from the annals of history.
Abolished
Andreasc. 1050–1072
Forminusfl. 1075
Gregoriusfl. 1104
Rodanusfl. 1163
Matthaeus1170–1194
Ioannesc. 1206
B.1229
S.Janson1230, 1241
Ioannes1253, 1258
Stephanus1272
Marcellus1288
Marcus1291
Ioannes1318?
Natalis1328–1342
Ivan IV1342–1353
Dimitrije de Metapharis1354–1387
Antun Črnota1387
Ivan V1394–1400
Franjo Petri1402
Ivan VI1409
Nikola de Treviso1400–1424
Ludovik1436
Natalis Mlečanin1436–1462
Jakob Bragdeno1462–1474
Juraj Divnić1479–1530He was one of the more important Catholic bishops of Croatian origin in his time. He was born in Šibenik, and was part of the known Divnić family, which settled in Šibenik in the 14th century from Skradin, and had likely settled there from Bosnia earlier. Bishop Juraj wrote Pope Alexander VI about the catastrophe right after the Battle of Krbava.
Jakob Divnić1530–1554Nephew of Juraj Divnić, coadjutor bishop from 1523
Marco Loredan1554–1577
Pietro Cedolini1577–1581
Gerolamo Mazzarelli1581–1588
Angelo Gradi1588–1592
Horatius Belloti Venetus O. M. Conv.1592–1602
Blasius Mandevius1602–1645
Simeone Difnico1646–1649
Georgius Georgiceo1649–1653
Franciscus Andronicus1653–1666
Franciscus Grassi1667–1677
Ioannes Burgofortis (Giovanni Borgoforte)1677–1687
Ioannes Vusius (Giovanni Vusich)1688–1689
Juraj Parčić1690–1703
Martinus Dragolius (Dragolovich)1703–1708
Ioannes Manola1709–1711
Antonius Rosignoli1713–1715
Nicolaus Drasich1716–1720
Bernardus Dominicus Leoni1722–1727
Ioannes Andreas Balbi1728–1732
Hieronvmus Fonda1733–1738
Ioannes Fridericus Orsini Rosa1738–1742
Thomas Nechich1743–1754
Antonius Tripcovich1754–1771

Notes

  1. ↑ Fine, 1991, p. 254
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Nona (Nin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  3. ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Nin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  4. ↑ "Teodozije". Croatian Encyclopaedia (in Croatian). 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Strika, 2007
  6. ↑ Curtis, Benjamin (March 30, 2006). A Traveller's History of Croatia. Interlink Books. p. 55. ISBN 9781566568081.
  7. ↑ Hierarchia catholica medii aevi
  8. 1 2 Vidović 1996, p. 537
  9. ↑ Zbornik radova o Šimunu Kožičiću Benji, p. 186, Jedan od značajnih biskupa hrvatskoga roda iz toga doba bio je Juraj Divnić, Šibenčanin, iz poznate obitelji Divnića, koja se doselila u Šibenik u 14. stoljeću iz Skradina, a tamo još ranije, vjerojatno iz Bosne.3
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Vidović 1996, p. 538
  11. ↑ "Bishop Giorgio Giorgicci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016

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