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Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis Αρχιεπισκοπή Νάξου, Τήνου, Άνδρου και Μυκόνου | |
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Location | |
Country | Greece |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,377 km2 (532 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 61,900 5,400 (8.7%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13th Century (As Diocese of Naxos) 1522 (As Archdiocese of Naxos) 3 June 1919 (As Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Rosary in Tinos |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Josif Printezis |
Bishops emeritus | Nikolaos Printezis |
Website | |
http://kantam.gr/ |
The Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos (Latin : Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic church in insular Greece. [1] [2]
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, in the village of Xinara, on Tinos, but is also has a Co-Cathedral of the Presentation of the Lord, in Naxos town.
The ecclesiastical territory comprises most of the Aegean islands in Greece, including, but not limited to Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
Josif Printezis was appointed bishop in January 2021, and will be consecrated and installed in March.
Originally erected as the Diocese of Naxos in the 13th century, the Latin bishopric was promoted to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos in 1522, after the fall of Rhodes (Ottoman conquest), when the Archiepiscopal see for its Knights Hospitallers' crusader state was in fact moved from there.
In 1538, Naxos (along with the islands of Andros, Paros, and Santorini) fell to the Ottoman naval commander Hayreddin Barbarossa. [3] In response, Pope Paul III assembled a ’’Holy League’’, comprising the Papacy, Spain, the Republic of Genoa, the Republic of Venice and the Knights of Malta, to confront Barbarossa [4] but were defeated at the Battle of Preveza.
On June 3, 1919, the Archdiocese of Naxos was united with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tinos and Mykonos (which in 1824 had absorbed the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros, without adopting its title) to form the present Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos, whose new name also includes Andros.
In 1964, the parish charitable funds and the various Catholic associations and brotherhoods of the diocese were brought together in a single organisation, as an attempt to unify the efforts. This organisation had the name To spíti tou ftochoú (Το σπίτι του φτωχού; "The Poor Man's House") and helped families through donations and loans, promoting education, and supporting the disabled, widows, and orphans. It was renamed Caritas Naxos-Tinos (Κάριτας Νάξου – Τήνου) in the 1980s and expanded its goals, and became a member of Caritas Hellas in 1981. In 1994, it was registered as an NGO. Caritas Naxos-Tinos is the official social arm of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos. [5]
The Metropolitan's ecclesiastical province comprises his own archdiocese and the following suffragan dioceses :
(all Latin Church)
Erected: 13th Century
Latin Name: Naxiensis
Elevated: 1522
Latin Name: Naxiensis
United: 3 June 1919 with the Diocese of Andros, the Diocese of Mykonos, and the Diocese of Tinos
Latin Name: Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis
The Catholic Church in Greece is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Indigenous Roman Catholic Greeks numbered about 50,000-70,000 in 2022 and were a religious and not an ethnic minority. Most of them are a remnant of Venetian and Genoese rule in southern Greece and many Greek islands from the early 13th until the late 18th century, Greeks who converted to Catholicism or descendants of the thousands of Bavarians that came to Greece in the 1830s as soldiers and civil administrators, accompanying King Otto. One very old but still common term to reference to them is Φράγκοι, or "Franks", dating to the times of the Byzantine Empire, when medieval Greeks would use that term to describe all Catholics.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tinos (and Mykonos) was a Latin suffragan diocese on some of the Aegean islands of Greece.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros was a Latin Catholic bishopric in insular Greece. In 1919, it was absorbed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
The Diocese of Crete is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Crete in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
The Diocese of Chios is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Chios in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santorini is a diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Santorini in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
The Diocese of Syros and Milos is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Syros and Milos in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in northern continental Greece.
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The Diocese of Cephalonia and Zakynthos was Roman Catholic diocese located on the Ionian Island of Cephalonia. It was suppressed in 1919.
Roberto de Noya, O.P. or Roberto de Noja was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Naxos (1504–1515), Bishop of Acerra (1497–1504), and Bishop of Minervino Murge (1492–1497).
Marco Antonio Quirino, O. Cruc. or Marco Sebastianus Quirino was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Naxos (1622–1625).
Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. (1645–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Tinos (1700–1715) and Archbishop of Naxos (1691–1700).
Antonio Giustiniani, O.P was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lipari (1564–1571) and Archbishop of Naxos (1562–1564).
Georgios Xenopoulos, SJ 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 Bishop of Syros. In addition, he was at various times the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Athens, the Diocese of Crete, and the Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica. He died in 1980, aged 81.
Antonio Giustiniani" was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Naxos (1701–1730), Bishop of Syros and Milos (1694–1701), and Vicar Apostolic of Smyrna (1690–1694).
Francesco Pisani was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chioggia (1569–1572) and Archbishop of Naxos (1564–1569).
Angelo Gozzadini (1573–1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte (1621–1653) and Archbishop of Naxos (1616–1621).
Ioannis Perris was a Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos from October 24, 1960, to April 29, 1993.