Titular Archdiocese of Thessalonica
Thessalonica ( Italian : Tessalonica ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishopric in the city of Thessaloniki , which is located in the Roman province of Macedonia in what is now Greece .
| Titular Archbishops of Thessalonica | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco de Carta | Auxiliary Bishop in Urgell ( Spain ) | 1510 | 1521 |
| 2 | Juan Miralles | Auxiliary Bishop in Urgell (Spain) | April 8, 1521 | |
| 3 | Giovanni Doria | Coadjutor Archbishop of Palermo ( Italy ) | February 4, 1608 | July 5, 1608 |
| 4th | Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta | September 18, 1628 | July 2, 1663 | |
| 5 | Francesco Vitelli | Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) | August 16, 1632 | June 7, 1634 |
| 6th | Luca Bueno O.S.Io.Hieros. | 1664 | December 15, 1666 | |
| 7th | Francesco Buonvisi | Apostolic Nuncio | June 16, 1670 | September 27, 1690 |
| 8th | Giuseppe Archinto | Apostolic Nuncio | March 18, 1686 | May 18, 1699 |
| 9 | Niccolò Caracciolo | May 10, 1700 | April 23, 1703 | |
| 10 | Domenico De Zaulis | Bishop emeritus of Veroli (Italy) | May 6, 1708 | March 1, 1722 |
| 11 | Benedetto Odescalchi-Erba | December 18, 1711 | October 5, 1712 | |
| 12 | Zozuno Valignari | July 9, 1724 | ||
| 13 | Celestino Galiano OSB | Archbishop emeritus of Taranto (Italy) | March 31, 1732 | July 26, 1753 |
| 14th | Antonio Branciforte Colonna | February 11, 1754 | April 15, 1776 | |
| 15th | Marcantonio Marcolini | June 12, 1769 | June 18, 1782 | |
| 16 | Nicolaus Pugliesi | Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik ( Croatia ) | September 1777 | July 9, 1778 |
| 17th | Inácio de São Caetano OCD | Bishop emeritus of Penafiel ( Portugal ) | December 14, 1778 | November 29, 1788 |
| 18th | Vincenzo Massi | Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) | November 22, 1839 | January 10, 1841 |
| 19th | Giovanni Brunelli |
Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Nuncio |
May 23, 1845 | March 7, 1853 |
| 20th | Alessandro Franchi |
Archbishop of the Curia, Apostolic Nuncio |
June 19, 1856 | December 22, 1873 |
| 21st | Luigi Jacobini | Apostolic Nuncio | March 20, 1874 | September 19, 1879 |
| 22nd | Ferdinando Capponi | Coadjutor Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) | November 18, 1881 | March 8, 1883 |
| 23 | Domenico Ferrata | Archbishop of the Curia, Apostolic Nuncio |
April 2, 1885 | June 22, 1896 |
| 24 | José Macchi | Apostolic Internuntius Apostolic Nuncio |
August 19, 1897 | |
| 25th | Achille Locatelli | Apostolic Internuntius Apostolic Nuncio |
November 22, 1906 | December 11, 1922 |
| 26th | Raffaele Carlo Rossi OCD | Curia Archbishop | July 7, 1923 | June 30, 1930 |
| 27 | Giuseppe Rossino | Curia Archbishop | March 28, 1931 | December 31, 1949 |
| 28 | Alfonso Castaldo | Archbishop of Naples Coadjutor Archbishop Apostolic Administrator of Pozzuoli (Italy) |
January 14, 1950 | 7th February 1958 |
| 29 | Carlo Grano | Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop of the Curia |
December 14, 1954 | June 26, 1967 |