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Roman Catholic Diocese of Retimo–Ario

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Retimo was established around 1250 AD. Its Latin name was Rhithymnensis.

On 5 November 1551, it was renamed as Diocese of Retimo–Ario (Italian) / Rhithymnensis–Ariensis (Latin) and gained territory from the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Ario.

Titular see

With the Ottoman conquest of Crete, around 1650?, the residential diocese was suppressed and listed as titular bishopric of Rhithymna (Latin) / Retimo (Italian).

In 1936, the titular see was suppressed, having has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

  • Francesco Trevisan Suarez (1728.11.15 – 1738.11.24)
  • José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga (1828.12.15 – 1832.12.17)
  • Marco Antonio Maiz (1844.07.25 – 1848.05.15)
  • William Wareing (1858.12.21 – 1865.12.26)
  • James David Richards (1871.01.13 – 1893.11.30)
  • Paul Pellet, Society of African Missions (S.M.A.) (1895.01.15 – 1914.03.11)
  • Americo Bevilacqua (1915.01.22 – 1918.02.02), previously Bishop of Alatri (Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1915.01.22); later Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis (1918.02.02 – death 1926.03.20)
  • António Antunes (1919.09.12 – 1936.03.01)

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