Archdiocese of Rhodes, Greece

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Rhodes (English) / Ρόδος (Ελληνικά) / Rodi (Italiano) / Rhodos / Rhodien(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Blessed Virgin Queen of Graces of Mount Philerimos, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

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History

200?: Established as Diocese of Rhodes (English) / Rodi (Italiano) / Rhodos / Colosses / Colossi / Rhodien(sis) (Latin)
400?: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rhodes (English) / Rodi (Italiano) / Rhodos / Colosses / Colossi / Rhodien(sis) (Latin)
1500: Gained suffragan see Chios
1523: Suppressed as Titular Metropolitan See of Rhodes (English) / Rodi (Italiano) / Rhodos / Colosses / Colossi / Rhodien(sis) (Latin)
1928.03.28: Restored as Archdiocese of Rhodes (English) / Ρόδος (Ελληνικά) / Rodi (Italiano) / Rhodos / Rhodien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Rhodes and adjacent islands and without ecclesiastical province)
1930.03.30: Gained territory from Diocese of Santorini
1931.08.20: Gained territory from Diocese of Chios

Contact Info

Address: Archevêché Catholique, Kathopouli 46, 85100 Rhodos, Greece

Phone: (22410)22-305

Present Prelates

Archbishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2021.07.14 – ...):	Archbishop Theodoros Kontidis, S.J. (68) Archbishop of Athens (Greece)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Rhodes (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Theodoros Kontidis, S.J. (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.07.14 – ...)

Archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.08.12 – 2021.07.14)

Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos (88)
(Apostolic Administrator 1992 – 2014.08.12)

Fr. Mikhaíl-Pétros Franzídis, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1970 – 1992)

Archbishop Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M.
(1938.03.30 – 1970.03.10)

Born:	1880.11.18 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:	1904.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.06.05
Died:	1970.03.10 († 89)

Prefect Apostolic of Rhodes and adjacent islands (Greece) (? – 1928.03.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes (Greece) (1928.03.28 – 1929)

Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1938.03.30 – 1970.03.10)

Fr. Pier Crisologo Fabi, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1937 – 1938)

Archbishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M.
(1929.01.15 – 1937.03.25)

In veritate et caritate

Born:	1888.04.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.04.02
Died:	1953.08.30 († 65)

Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1929.01.15 – 1937.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) (1937.03.25 – 1945.12.13)

Apostolic Delegate to Italian East Africa (1937.03.25 – 1945.12.13)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1937.03.25 – 1953.08.30)

Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador (1945.12.13 – 1951.09.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala (1945.12.13 – 1951.09.05)

Fr. Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1928.03.28 – 1929)

Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B.
(1915.01.22 – 1928.03.29)

Fortis et ardens

Born:	1867.11.16 (Floriana, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1891.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.02.10
Died:	1943.12.17 (Sliema, Malta † 76)

Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1915.01.22 – 1928.03.29)

Bishop of Malta (Malta) (1915.01.22 – 1943.12.17)

Archbishop ad personam (1928.03.29 – 1943.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Rhodes (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Leonardo, O.F.M.
(? – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (? – ?)

Archbishop Giuliano de Ubaldini, O.P.
(1473.09.30 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1473.09.30 – ?)

Archbishop Giovanni Morelli
(1447.04.19 – ?)

Archbishop of Nicosia (Cyprus) (1447.02.10 – 1447.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1447.04.19 – ?)

Archbishop Andrea di Costantinopoli, O.P.
(1431.05.02 – 1447.04.19)

Died:

1456?

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1431.05.02 – 1447.04.19)

Archbishop of Nicosia (Cyprus) (1447.04.19 – 1456?)

Archbishop Boezio da Tolentino, O.E.S.A.
(1425.05.11 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1425.05.11 – ?)

Archbishop Ligorio Maiorino, O.S.B.
(1400.02 – 1406)

Died:

1406

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1394.08.07 – 1400.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1400.02 – 1406)

Archbishop Matteo da Empoli, O.P.
(1396? – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1396? – ?)

Archbishop Antonio di Fremajariis
(1376.01.28 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1376.01.28 – ?)

Archbishop Nicola, S.M.O.M.
(1373.11.28 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1373.11.28 – ?)

Archbishop Giovanni Fardina, O.P.
(1370 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1370 – ?)

Archbishop Guglielmo, O.F.M.
(1365.01.15 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1365.01.15 – ?)

Archbishop Emanuele di Famagosta, O.F.M.
(1361.12.15 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1361.12.15 – ?)

Archbishop Ugo de Scuria, O.F.M.
(1351.06.20 – 1361.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1351.06.20 – 1361.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1361.12.15 – 1370.07.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ostuni (Italy) (1370.07.12 – 1374)

Archbishop Belijan
(? – 1324.09.26)

Died:

1328.01.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (? – 1324.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Split (Croatia) (1324.09.26 – 1328.01.28)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Petrus Pace (1889.02.11 – 1914.07.29)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna (1875.03.15 – 1888.07.12)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Publio Maria Sant (1857.12.04 – 1864.10.28)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Vincenzo Labini, S.M.O.M. (1797.03.03 – 1807.04.30)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Emidio Ziucci (1795.06.01 – 1796.09.09)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Antonio Dugnani (later Cardinal) (1785.04.11 – 1794.02.21)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Carmine Giovanni Pellerano, S.M.O.M. (1780.06.19 – 1783.04.18)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Tommaso Maria Ghilini (later Cardinal) (1763.07.18 – 1778.06.01)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte (1759.02.09 – 1762.04.28)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Nicolò Lercari (1753.12.10 – 1757.03.15)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Carlo Francesco Durini (later Cardinal) (1739.06.22 – 1753.07.23)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Raniero D’Elci (later Cardinal) (1730.11.22 – 1738.06.23)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Alessandro Aldobrandini (later Cardinal) (1707.11.07 – 1730.10.02)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giulio Piazza (later Cardinal) (1697.12.02 – 1706.09.13)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giorgio Cornaro (later Cardinal) (1692.05.05 – 1697.07.22)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Francesco Nicolini (1685.09.10 – 1692.02.04)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. (1670.07.02 – 1679.08.09)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Francesco Caetani (1652.08.12 – 1670.03.17)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop-elect Karl Kaspar von der Leyen (1651.07.04 – 1652.02.07)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Alfonso Gonzaga (1621.03.17 – 1649.03.23)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Guido Bentivoglio d’Aragona (later Cardinal) (1607.05.14 – 1621.01.11)
Titular Archbishop: Cardinal Giovanni Garzia Millini (1605.06.01 – 1607.02.07)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Filippo Spinelli (later Cardinal) (1592.04.22 – 1603)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Ascanio Piccolomini (1579.07.03 – 1588)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Marco Cattaneo, O.P. (1530.01.24 – 1546.05)

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