Archbishopric of Nazareth

The Archbishop of Nazareth was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades.

The ancient diocese was located at Scythopolis, known as Bethsan to the crusaders. It was the metropolis of Palaestina Secunda. After Nazareth was captured following the First Crusade, the Greek Orthodox diocese was moved there. and a Roman Catholic archdiocese was established. Among its suffragans were the bishop of Tiberias and the abbot of Mount Tabor.

Following the Muslim conquest in the Holy Land, Archbishop of Nazareth took refuge in Barletta (Italy), and moved permanently there in 1327. It began the long line of archbishops of Nazareth residents in Barletta.

On June 27, 1818, with the bull De ulteriori of Pope Pius VII, the Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed.

On 22 October 1828, with the Bull Multis quidem of Pope Leo XII the title of Archbishop of Nazareth was granted to the Archbishops of Trani. Subsequently, the title passed to the archbishops of Barletta and Trani (1860) and then to the Archbishops of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1986).

Bishops of Scythopolis

• Patrophilus (4th century)
• Philip
• Athanasius
• Saturninus
• Theodosius
• Acacius
• Servianus (?–452)
• John
• Theodore

Archbishops of Nazareth

• Bernard † (c. 1120) [4]
• William † (1129–1138)
• Robert I † (1138–1151)
• Robert II † (1151 - ?)
• Attard † (? - 1159)
• Letard † (1160–1190)
• Gervasio † (? - 1222)
• Nicholas † (c. 1230)
• Hugh † (1231–1239)
• Henry† (1239–1268)
• Guy † (1273–1288)
• William of St. John, O.Templ. † (1288 - ?)
• Peter † (? - 1326)

Nazareth Archbishops in Barletta

• Yvo † (1327–1330)
• Pietro of Naples, O.P. † (1330–1345)
• Durando, O.Carm. † (1345–1348)
• Riccardo, O.F.M. † (1348–1366)
• Guglielmo Belvaysius, O.P. † (1366–1369)
• Giovanni Salomoni, O.P. † (1369–1380)
• Giordano Estublans, O.P. † (1381 - ?)
• Giovanni Alessio † (1390–1400)
• Paolo di Arezzo, O.F.M. † (1400–1431)
• Agostino Favaroni, O.E.S.A. † (1431–1443)
• Marino Orsini † (1445 - ?)

Nazareth Archbishops, with the title of bishop of Cannae

• Giacomo de Aurilia, O.F.M. † (1455–1483)
• Giovanni de Barthon, † (1483–1491)
• Giovanni Maria Poderico † (1491–1510)
• Orlando Carretto Della Rovere † (1510–1512)
• Giorgio Benigno Salviati, O.F.M. † (1513–1520)
• Leonardo Baccuto † (1520–1525)
• Pietro De Albis † (1525–1526)
  • Ercole Rangone † (1526 - 1526) (apostolic administrator)
• Pietro Francesco Ferro † (1526 - 1526)
• Giovanni Francesco Cina † (1527 - 1527)
• Filippo Adimari † (1528–1536)

Nazareth Archbishops, with the title of bishop of Cannae and Monteverde

• Girolamo De Caro † (1536–1552)
• Bernardino Figueroa † (1553–1571)
• Fabio Mirto Frangipani † (1572–1587)
• Francesco Spera, O.F.M. † (1587 - 1587)
• Girolamo Bevilacqua, O.F.M. † (1587–1604)
• Maffeo Barberini † (1604 - 1608 - elected pope Urban VIII)
• Michelangelo Tonti † (1608–1609)
• Domenico Rivarola † (1609–1627)
• Antonio Lombardi † (1627–1636)
• Antonio Severoli † (1639–1666)
• Francesco Antonio De Luca † (1667–1676)
• Marziale Pellegrini, O.F.M.Conv. † (1677–1685)
• Filippo Condulmari † (1685–1688)
• Giuseppe Rosa † (1690–1694)
• Domenico Folgori † (1695–1706)
• Giulio Piazza † (1706–1710)
• Girolamo Mattei † (1710–1712)
• Salvatore Miroballo † (1717–1726)
• Giovanni Crisostomo Bianchi, O.E.S.A. † (1726 - 1726)
• Nicola Iorio † (1726–1744)
• Antonio Marulli De Galiberti † (1745–1751)
• Giusto De Marco, C.R. † (1751–1769)
• Pasquale Maria Mastrillo, C.R. † (1769–1783)
• Giuseppe Mormile, C.R. † (1792–1801)

External links

• Scythopolis (Titular See) from Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Scythopolis from the Catholic Encyclopedia