Archdiocese of Rhodes
| Archdiocese of Rhodes | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Greece |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Sevastianos Rossolatos |
| Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | Nikólaos Fóskolos |
| founding | 1928 |
| surface | 2,714 km² |
| Parishes | 3 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 150,000 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 1,500 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 1 % |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 750 |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Latin |
| cathedral | St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Rhodes |
| address | 5, Odos Ionos Dragoumi, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
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| Website | www.catholicchurchrhodes.com |
The immediate Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes ( Latin Archidioecesis Rhodiensis ) located on Rhodes ( Dodecanese ) in Greece was founded on March 28, 1928 and has a size of 2,714 km².
history
Already at the time of the Crusades and the time of the Order of St. John there was a Latin diocese on the island, which perished with the Ottoman conquest . The titular Archdiocese of Rhodus was created. With the bull Memores Nos Pius VI united . on March 3, 1797 the Diocese of Malta with the Archdiocese of Rhodes, d. H. the title Archbishop of Rhodes went to the Bishop of Malta for the next hundred years. The territory of the Archdiocese of Rhodes went to the Apostolic Vicariate of Smyrna . On August 14, 1897, the Apostolic Prefecture of Rhodes and neighboring islands was founded out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Smyrna . On March 28, 1928, Pius XI. with the Bull Pastoris aeterni the bull of 1797 and elevated the Apostolic Prefecture to an archbishopric. With the Breve Constitutione Apostolica dated March 30, 1930, Pius allocated some neighboring islands to the archbishopric.
Since the death of Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari OFM in 1970, Rhodes no longer has its own bishop , but is administered by the respective Archbishop of Athens as administrator .
organization
The archbishopric with seat in Rhodes includes all islands of the Dodecanese . The cathedral is dedicated to Francis of Assisi , who is also the patron of the diocese. In addition to the two Roman Catholic churches on Rhodes, there is also one on Kos . The former cathedral ( Our Lady of the Castle ) of Rhodes, which is located in the old town at the beginning of the Knight's Street, now houses a museum .
The archbishopric is directly subordinate to the Holy See . No other suffragan bishoprics are subordinate to him .
The three parishes of the diocese , which do not employ any diocesan priests , are cared for by two Franciscans . 150,000 people live in the area of the archbishopric, of whom only 1,500 (1%) are Roman Catholic. In 1950, only 450 (0.4%) of the 117,275 inhabitants in the area belonged to the Catholic denomination.
Archbishops
- Andrea Felice da Ienne , OFM (1897–1910)
- Ignace Beaufays , OFM (since March 27, 1911)
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Bonaventura Rossetti , OFM
- Florido Ambrogio Acciari , OFM (Apostolic Administrator 1928–1929)
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Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani , OFM (1929–1937)
- Pier Crisologo Fabi , OFM (Apostolic Administrator 1937–1938)
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Florido Ambrogio Acciari , OFM (1938–1970)
- Mikhail-Petros Franzidis , OFM (Apostolic Administrator 1970–1992)
- Nikólaos Fóskolos (Apostolic Administrator 1992-2014)
- Sevastianos Rossolatos (Apostolic Administrator since 2014)