Apostolic Vicariate Istanbul
| Apostolic Vicariate Istanbul | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Apostolic Vicar | Rubén Tierrablanca González OFM |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus | Louis Pelâtre AA |
| Parishes | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 15,650 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 423 |
| Friars | 41 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Turkish |
| cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
| address | Papa Roncalli Olcek Sokak 83 Harbiye 80230 Istanbul, Turkiye |
| Website | http://www.katolikkilisesi.org/# |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Istanbulensis ) is in Turkey situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Istanbul . From 1925 to 1974 there was no separate Apostolic Vicar and the respective Apostolic Delegate (Nuncio) carried out the duties of the Apostolic Vicar as Apostolic Administrator .
history
The Vicariate was on April 15, 1652 Apostolic Vicariate Konstantin Opel by Innocent X founded. At that time it covered the entire Middle East and North and Central Africa (Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine and the Balkans). In 1669 the areas of the dissolved Archdiocese of Crete were added. The Vicariate gave on June 27, 1762 by Clemens XIII. part of its territory from the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Aleppo . The newly established Apostolic Prefecture of Trebizond was founded on March 13, 1845 from areas of the Apostolic Vicariate. On August 28, 1874, areas for the re-establishment of the diocese of Crete were separated. The Vicariate gave up on March 16, 1926 parts of its territory to the Diocese of Skopje . Two days later, Thrace and Macedonia were covered by the Breve In sublimi Principis from Pope Pius XI. given for the establishment of the new Apostolic Vicariate Saloniki . With the Breve Quae ad christiani Pius XI. on June 20, 1931 the Mission sui juris Trebizond from other areas of the vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople changed to its current name on November 30, 1990.
Vicars Apostolic
- Francesco Girolamo Bona (1731–1749)
- Biagio Paoli (1750–1767)
- Giuseppe Roverani (1767–1772)
- Giovanni Battista Bavestrelli (1772–1777)
- Nicolò Pugliesi (1777–1778)
- Francesco Antonio Fracchia (1778–1795)
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Giulio Maria Pecori d'Ameno , OFM Ref. (1795–1796)
- Nicolò Timoni (1796–?)
- Giovanni Battista Fonton , OFM Conv . (1799-1816)
- Vincentios Coressi (1816-1835)
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Julien-Marie Hillereau , SMM (1835–1855)
- Antonio Mussabini (1855-1858)
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Paolo Brunoni (1858-1869)
- Joseph Pluym , CP (1869–1874) (as Apostolic Administrator)
- Serafino Milani , OFM (1874–?)
- Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè OFM (1874–1876)
- Antonio Maria Grasselli , OFM Conv. (1874-1880)
- Vicenzo Vannutelli (1880-1883)
- Luigi Rotelli (1883-1887)
- Augusto Bonetti , CM (1887–1904)
- Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (1904–1907)
- Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli (1908–1914)
- Angelo Dolci (1914-1923)
- Angelo Rotta (as Apostolic Administrator 1925–1930)
- Carlo Margotti (as Apostolic Administrator 1930–1934)
- Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (as Apostolic Administrator 1935–1944)
- Alcide Giuseppe Marina CM (as Apostolic Administrator 1945–1947)
- Andrea Cassulo (as Apostolic Administrator 1947–1952)
- Paolo Bertoli (as Apostolic Administrator 1952–1953)
- Giacomo Testa (as Apostolic Administrator 1953-1959)
- Francesco Lardone (as Apostolic Administrator 1959–1966)
- Saverio Zupi (as Apostolic Administrator 1966–1969)
- Salvatore Asta (as Apostolic Administrator 1969–1974)
- Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, OFMCap , Titular Bishop of Atenia, 1974–1989
- Antuvan Marovitch , titular bishop of Igilgili, coadjutor since 1986, 1989–1991
- Louis Pelâtre AA , Titular Bishop of Sasima , 1992–2016
- Rubén Tierrablanca González OFM, Titular Bishop of Tubernuca, since 2016