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Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Nicosia

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The Latin (Roman Catholic) archbishopric of Nicosia was created during the Crusades (1095-1487) in Cyprus; later becoming titular. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia 31 Latin archbishops served beginning in 1196, shortly after the conquest of Cyprus by Richard I of England, to 1502.

List (incomplete)

  • Alan
  • Eustorgius, Eustorge de Montaigu, died in the Fifth Crusade
  • Bartolommeo da Breganze
  • 1251–1261 Ugo di Fagiano
  • 1274 Gérard de Langres
  • 1312 Giovanni del Conte
  • 1332 Elias de Nabinal
  • 1421 Hugh of Lusignan
  • 1439 Galesius de Montolif
  • 1447 Andreas of Rhodes
  • 1456 James II of Cyprus
  • 1495 Domenico Grimani
  • 1559 Filippo Mocenigo
  • 1728 Raniero Felice Simonetti
  • Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze
  • 1818–1826 Antonio Fernando Echanove Zaldívar
  • 1915 Francesco Cherubini
  • 1934 Guglielmo Piani

    • References

    Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Nicosia Wikipedia
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