Diocese of Kea

The diocese Kea ( lat. : Dioecesis Ceaensis ) was one in Greece located Roman Catholic Diocese , headquartered on the island of Kea .

history

The diocese of Kea was established in 1333 and comprised the islands of Kea , Kithnos and Sifnos . In 1659 it was divided into two parishes: Kea and Kithnos as well as Sifnos and Seriphos . In 1798 the territory of the Diocese of Kea was annexed to the Diocese of Milos .
The diocese of Kea was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Athens as a suffragan .

Bishops of Kea

• Nicolò I.
• Pietro II. OP (1350–…)
• Princivalle OFM (1370–…)
• Simone da Arezzo OFM (1376–…)
• Giorgio
• Francesco da Venezia OFM (1422–…)
• Francesco Barberi (about 1435 – about 1445)
• Francesco III. OFM (1445-1453, then Bishop of Naxos )
• Giovanni di Sicilia OFM (1454–…)
• Nicolò II.
• Pietro II
• Gómez (1498–…)
• Giorgio Barozzi
• Giovanni Zotto (1520– ...)
• Dionisio Zannettini OFM (1529–1538, then Bishop of Milopotamo )
• Costantino Giustianiani OP (1540–1546)
• Giovanni de Gaona CRSA (1546–…)
• Giacomo Rocca

See also

• List of former Catholic dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Greece

literature

• Pius Bonifacius Gams : Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae . Leipzig 1931, p. 449

Web links

• Entry for the Diocese of Kea on catholic-hierarchy.org