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Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč Pula

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
2,839 km²

Bishop
  
Dražen Kutleša

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Croatia

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Ivan Devčić

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 210,114 164,480 (78.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Mary in Poreč

Co-cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pula

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rijeka

Emeritus bishops
  
Antun Bogetić, Ivan Milovan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (Croatian: Porečko-pulska biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Rijeka on Istria peninsula, in Croatia.

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Special churches

  • Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor basilica and World Heritage Site: Eufrazijeva Bazilika Eufrazijeva Bazilika, in the city of Poreč.
  • It also has a Co-Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Katedrala Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije), in Pula
  • and two more former cathedrals :
  • Crkva Sv. Pelagije, in Novigrad, Istria
  • Katedrala Navijestenja Blažene Marije, in Pićan
  • History

  • Established circa (200-)300 as Diocese of Parentium; medieval/modern names Poreč (Croat) / Parenzo (Italian) / Parentin(us) (Latin adjective)
  • Exchanged territory in 1784 with the Italian Diocese of Trieste
  • Formally United aeque principaliter (i.e. in personal union) with the Diocese of Cittanova but only 1442–1448
  • Renamed on June 30, 1828 as as Diocese of Parenzo/Poreč and Pola/Pula, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pula
  • Gained territory on 1977.10.17 from the Diocese of Trieste, and exchanged territory with Diocese of Koper.
  • Statistics

    As per 2014, it pastorally served 169,048 Catholics (79.5% of 212,561 total) on 2,839 km² in 135 parishes with 108 priests (94 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 78 lay religious (48 brothers, 30 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

    Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman rite; probably many Italians, notably in the early centuries)

    Suffragan Bishops of Poreč
  • Andrea (991 – 1010?)
  • Sigimbaldo (1015 – 1017?)
  • Engelmaro (1028 – 1040)
  • Arpo (1045 – 1050)
  • Orso (1050 – 1060)
  • Adelman (1060 – 1075)
  • Cadolo (1075 – 1082)
  • Pagano I (1082 – 1104)
  • Bertold (1104 – 1120)
  • Ferongo (1120 – 1131)
  • Rodemondo (1131 – 1146)
  • Vincenzo (1146 – 1158)
  • Uberto (1158 – 1174)
  • Pietro (1174 – 1194)
  • Giovanni I (1196 – 1200)
  • Pulcherio (1200 – 1216?)
  • Adalberto (1219 – 1243)
  • Pagano II (1243 – 1246)
  • Giovanni II (1249 – 1254)
  • Ottone (1256 – 1282)
  • Bonifazio (1282 – 1305)
  • Giuliano Natale (1306 – 1309)
  • Graziadio, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1309 – 1327)
  • Giovanni Gottoli de Sordello, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1328.06.20 – death 1367)
  • Gilberto Zorzi, O.P. (1367.07.02 – 1388.03.04), next Bishop of Eraclea (1388.03.04 – death 1403)
  • Giovanni Lombardo, O. Carm. (1388.06 – death 1415.03.21)
  • Fantino Valaresso (1415.04.28 – 1425.12.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Crete (insular Greece) (1425.12.05 – death 1443.05.18)
  • Daniele Scotto de’ Rampi (1426 – 1433), next Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1433.01.07 – death 1443.07.11)
  • Angelo Cavazza (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); previously Bishop of Arba (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); later Bishop of Cittanova (1442 – retired 1448); died 1457
  • Placido de Pavanello, Vallombrosians (O.S.B. Vall.) (1457.01.24 – 1464.11.05); previously Titular Bishop of Byblus (1454.01.09 – 1457.01.24); later Bishop of Torcello (1464.11.05 – 1471)
  • Francesco Morosini, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1464.11.14 – death 1470.10.03), also [[Apostolic Administrator of Macerata (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03) and Apostolic Administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Recanati&Recanati (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03)
  • ...
  • TO BE COMPLETED/ELABORATED
  • Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (1533.06.06 – 1537.05.28) as *
  • ...
  • Suffragan Bishops of Poreč and Pula
    TO BE ELABORATED
  • Juraj Dobrila (1857.12.21 – 1875)
  • Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina (1878.09.13 – 1882.07.03)
  • Alojzij Zorn (1882.09.25 – 1883.08.09)
  • Giovanni Battista Flapp (1884.11.13 – 1912)
  • Trifone Pederzolli (1913.06.19 – 1941.04.22)
  • Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. (1941.11.27 – 1948.07.07)
  • Apostolic Administrator Bishop Dragutin Nežic (1950.05.21 – 1960.06.15) while *
  • Bishop Dražen Kutleša (since 2012.06.14)
  • Bishop Ivan Milovan (1997.11.18 - 2012.06.14)
  • Bishop Antun Bogetić (1984.01.27 – 1997.11.18)
  • Bishop Dragutin Nežic (1960.06.15 – 1984.01.27)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč-Pula Wikipedia