Diocese of Nin

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The Diocese of Nin (historically, Nona) was a Catholic jurisdiction probably founded in the middle of the 9th century.[1][2][3] The seat of its bishops was the Church of the Holy Cross in Nin, Croatia.

List

BishopOfficeNotes
Theodosius879-886 [4][5]Listed by Daniele Farlati, Pius Basilius Gams, Carlo F. Bianchi, Ivan A. Gurato and the official Catholic schematisms.[5]
Alfredusc. 890 [5]
Gregoriusc. 900–929Gregorius was the bishop of Nin and as such was under strong protection of King Tomislav. At the Synod in 925, held in Split, Croatia, Gregory lost to the Archbishop of Split, he was offered the Sisak Bishopric, but he refused. After the conclusions of the first Synod, Gregory complained again in 928 but was rejected and his Nin bishopric was abolished, Gregory himself being sent off to the Skradin bishopric, after which he disappears from the annals of history.[6]
Abolished
Andreasc. 1050–1072
Forminusfl. 1075
Gregoriusfl. 1104
Rodanusfl. 1163
Matthaeus1170–1194
Ioannesc. 1206
B.1229 [5][7]
S.Janson1230, 1241
Ioannes1253, 1258
Stephanus1272
Marcellus1288
Marcus1291 [8]
Ioannes1318? [8]
Natalis1328–1342
Ivan IV1342–1353
Dimitrije de Metapharis1354–1387
Antun Črnota1387
Ivan V1394–1400
Franjo Petri1402
Ivan VI1409
Nikola de Treviso1400–1424
Ludovik1436
Natalis Mlečanin1436–1462
Jakob Bragdeno1462–1474
Juraj Divnić1479–1530He was one of the more important Catholic bishops of Croatian origin in his time. He was born in Šibenik, and was part of the known Divnić family, which settled in Šibenik in the 14th century from Skradin, and had likely settled there from Bosnia earlier.[9] Bishop Juraj wrote Pope Alexander VI about the catastrophe right after the Battle of Krbava.
Jakob Divnić1530–1554Nephew of Juraj Divnić, coadjutor bishop from 1523
Marco Loredan1554–1577
Pietro Cedolini1577–1581
Gerolamo Mazzarelli1581–1588
Angelo Gradi1588–1592
Horatius Belloti Venetus O. M. Conv.1592–1602 [10]
Blasius Mandevius1602–1645 [10]
Simeone Difnico1646–1649 [10]
Georgius Georgiceo1649–1653 [10][11]
Franciscus Andronicus1653–1666 [10]
Franciscus Grassi1667–1677 [10]
Ioannes Burgofortis (Giovanni Borgoforte)1677–1687 [10]
Ioannes Vusius (Giovanni Vusich)1688–1689 [10]
Juraj Parčić1690–1703 [10]
Martinus Dragolius (Dragolovich)1703–1708 [10]
Ioannes Manola1709–1711 [10]
Antonius Rosignoli1713–1715 [10]
Nicolaus Drasich1716–1720 [10]
Bernardus Dominicus Leoni1722–1727 [10]
Ioannes Andreas Balbi1728–1732 [10]
Hieronvmus Fonda1733–1738 [10]
Ioannes Fridericus Orsini Rosa1738–1742 [10]
Thomas Nechich1743–1754 [10]
Antonius Tripcovich1754–1771 [10]

References

  1. 1.Fine, 1991, p. 254
  2. 2."Diocese of Nona (Nin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  3. 3."Titular Episcopal See of Nin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  4. 4."Teodozije". Croatian Encyclopaedia (in Croatian). 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. 5.[5.2][5.3][5.4]Strika, 2007
  6. 6.Curtis, Benjamin (March 30, 2006). A Traveller's History of Croatia. Interlink Books. p. 55. ISBN 9781566568081.
  7. 7.Hierarchia catholica medii aevi
  8. 8.[8.2]Vidović 1996, p. 537
  9. 9.Zbornik radova o Šimunu Kožičiću Benji, p. 186, Jedan od značajnih biskupa hrvatskoga roda iz toga doba bio je Juraj Divnić, Šibenčanin, iz poznate obitelji Divnića, koja se doselila u Šibenik u 14. stoljeću iz Skradina, a tamo još ranije, vjerojatno iz Bosne.3
  10. 10.[10.2][10.3][10.4][10.5][10.6][10.7][10.8][10.9][10.10][10.11][10.12][10.13][10.14][10.15][10.16][10.17][10.18][10.19]Vidović 1996, p. 538
  11. 11."Bishop Giorgio Giorgicci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016