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.

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Bishop Office Notes
Theodosius 879-886 [4][5] Listed by Daniele Farlati, Pius Basilius Gams, Carlo F. Bianchi, Ivan A. Gurato and the official Catholic schematisms.[5]
Alfredus c. 890 [5]
Gregorius
 
c. 900–929 Gregory was the bishop of Nin and as such was under strong protection of King Tomislav. At the Synod in 925, held in Split, 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 927/8 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. [citation needed]
Abolished
Andreas c. 1050–1072
Forminus fl. 1075
Gregorius fl. 1104
Rodanus fl. 1163
Matthaeus 1170–1194
Ioannes c. 1206
B. 1229 [5][6]
S.Janson 1230, 1241
Ioannes 1253, 1258
Stephanus 1272
Marcellus 1288
Marcus 1291 [7]
Ioannes 1318? [7]
Natalis 1328–1342
Ivan IV 1342–1353
Dimitrije de Metapharis 1354–1387
Antun Črnota 1387
Ivan V 1394–1400
Franjo Petri 1402
Ivan VI 1409
Nikola de Treviso 1400–1424
Ludovik 1436
Natalis Mlečanin 1436–1462
Jakob Bragdeno 1462–1474
Juraj Divnić 1479–1530 He 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.[8] Bishop Juraj wrote Pope Alexander VI about the catastrophe right after the Battle of Krbava.
Jakob Divnić 1530–1554 Nephew of Juraj Divnić, coadjutor bishop from 1523
Marco Loredan 1554–1577
Pietro Cedolini 1577–1581
Gerolamo Mazzarelli 1581–1588
Angelo Gradi 1588–1592
Horatius Belloti Venetus O. M. Conv. 1592–1602 [9]
Blasius Mandevius 1602–1645 [9]
Simeone Difnico 1646–1649 [9]
Georgius Georgiceo 1649–1653 [9][10]
Franciscus Andronicus 1653–1666 [9]
Franciscus Grassi 1667–1677 [9]
Ioannes Burgofortis (Giovanni Borgoforte) 1677–1687 [9]
Ioannes Vusius (Giovanni Vusich) 1688–1689 [9]
Georgius Parchich 1690–1703 [9] On 20 April 1693, he sent a report to the Congregation that there were 5486 Roman Catholics and 7363 Orthodox Serbs in his Bishopric. In the territory of his bishopric there was also a Serbian episcope. The Roman Catholics had 21 priests, while the Orthodox had 15. Bishop Georgius said that he worked to Uniate the Orthodox, preaching for them and teaching them the faith and the true, Catholic teachings. On 1 June 1696, he mentions that thanks to his efforts the population of the village of Poločnik denounced the "Schismatic wrongs" – the Orthodox faith, and accepted the Roman faith. [citation needed]
Martinus Dragolius (Dragolovich) 1703–1708 [9]
Ioannes Manola 1709–1711 [9]
Antonius Rosignoli 1713–1715 [9]
Nicolaus Drasich 1716–1720 [9]
Bernardus Dominicus Leoni 1722–1727 [9]
Ioannes Andreas Balbi 1728–1732 [9]
Hieronvmus Fonda 1733–1738 [9]
Ioannes Fridericus Orsini Rosa 1738–1742 [9]
Thomas Nechich 1743–1754 [9]
Antonius Tripcovich 1754–1771 [9]

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  1. ^ Fine, 1991, p. 254
  2. ^ "Diocese of Nona (Nin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  3. ^ "Titular Episcopal See of Nin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  4. ^ "Teodozije". Croatian Encyclopaedia (in Croatian). 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Strika, 2007
  6. ^ Hierarchia catholica medii aevi
  7. ^ a b Vidović 1996, p. 537
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Vidović 1996, p. 538
  10. ^ "Bishop Giorgio Giorgicci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016

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