Latin Archbishopric of Neopatras

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The Latin or Roman Catholic Archbishopric of Neopatras is a titular see of the Catholic Church. It was established briefly as a residential episcopal see at Neopatras ("New Patras", modern Ypati) in Central Greece, after the Fourth Crusade, in place of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Neopatras. The area was recovered by the Epirote Greeks in c.1218, but came again under Latin rule in 1319 as the Duchy of Neopatras, leading to the restoration of the see until the Ottoman conquest. The archbishopric was restored as a titular see in 1933. Its last incumbent died in 1967.

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Residential archbishops

NameTenureNotes
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John, OSB 13 February 1218 – ?
Ferrer d'Abella, OP 27 June 1323 – 28 September 1330Subsequently Bishop of Mazara del Vallo
Jacob
Pietro Fabbri de Armoniaco, OFM 9 August 1361 – ?
Francis, OFM
Matthew, OFM6 February 1376 – ?

Titular holders

The Latin archdiocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Catholic Metropolitan titular archbishopric (Latin : Novæ Patræ, adj. Neopatrensis; Curiate Italian: Neopatrasso).

NameTenureNotes
Angel María Pérez y Cecilia, OCD 1934.11.12 – death 1945.06.14
Leonida Medina 1947.07.19 – death 1953.12.25
Domenico Menna 1954.09.08 – death 1957.10.08
Angelo Innocent Fernandes 1959.06.04 – 1967.09.16As Coadjutor Archbishop of Delhi

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