Titular diocese of Cantanus

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Cantanus ( Italian Cantano ) is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. It goes back to a lost bishop's seat on the Greek island of Crete (today Kandanos , 58 km southwest of Chania ).

Titular Bishops of Cantanus
No. Surname Office from to
1 Franz von Rothwitz Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau ( Kingdom of Bohemia ) 1346 1365
1 Luigi Bumci Bishop emeritus of Lezha ( Albania ) 1943 1945
2 Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Auxiliary Bishop in Dubuque ( USA ) August 3, 1946 October 20, 1949
3 Franz Hengsbach Auxiliary Bishop in Paderborn ( Germany ) 20th August 1953 November 18, 1957
4th David John Cashman Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster ( United Kingdom ) March 25, 1958 June 14, 1965
5 Ioan Chertes bishop March 14, 1990 January 31, 1992
6th Hans-Georg Koitz Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Hildesheim (Germany) August 24, 1992

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Individual evidence

  1. Entry on Ioan Chertes on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 4, 2017.