Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Maritima

Alba Maritima (Template:Lang-it) is a Catholic titular see. It corresponds to current Biograd na Moru in Croatia.^[1] Its last titular was archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta, until he was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz.

History

The titular see refers to the diocese of Zaravecchia (Biograd), and it is also known with the name of Alba Marittima,^[2] in Dalmatia, built in the 11th century; when the city was destroyed bishops moved their titular see to Scardona.

From the 20th century Alba Marittima has been restored as full Titular see; Current titular bishop is Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Auxiliary bishop of Rome.

Cronotassi dei vescovi titolari

Dominik Premuš † (26 febbraio 1915 – 27 marzo 1934 deceduto)^[3]

Frederick Hall, MHM † (9 aprile 1948 – 25 marzo 1953 nominato arcivescovo di Kisumu)
François-Marie Picaud † (5 agosto 1954 – 29 marzo 1960 deceduto)
Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † (20 aprile 1960 – 28 giugno 1972 nominato vescovo di Koszalin-Kołobrzeg)
Francesco Monterisi (24 dicembre 1982 – 20 novembre 2010 nominato cardinale diacono di San Paolo alla Regola)
Celso Morga Iruzubieta (29 dicembre 2010 – 8 ottobre 2014 nominato arcivescovo coadiutore di Mérida-Badajoz)
Augusto Paolo Lojudice, dal 6 marzo 2015

Titular bishops and archbishops

Matthaeus Berniacovich, O.F.M. (20 December 1675 – 10 January 1707 )
Lucas Natale (24 January 1709 Appointed – 19 January 1720 Died)
Anton von Thurn und Valsassina † (23 December 1729 – 2 March 1733)
Sandor Bodonyi (17 November 1806 – 1812 Died)
Michael Johann Wagner (27 April 1833 – 1 February 1836 )
Giovanni Battista Krapàc (20 January 1904 – 24 May 1910 )
Dominik Premus (26 February 1915 – 27 March 1934 Died)
Frederick Hall, M.H.M. (9 April 1948 – 25 March 1953 )
François-Marie Picaud (5 August 1954 – 29 March 1960 Died)
Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (20 April 1960 – 28 June 1972 )
Francesco Monterisi (24 December 1982 – 20 November 2010)
Celso Morga Iruzubieta (29 December 2010 – 8 October 2014)
Giovanni Gaspari (21 September 2020 – present)

Notes

^ Titular Sees ('A')
^ Often in historical reference this titular see has been confused with the historical see of Belgrad (Beograd), known from 1290 to 1740 also as Alba Graeca, Alba Bulgarica, or Nandoralba.
^ In the nomination act, the Acta Apostolicae Sedis refer the see as Bellogradensis et Semendriensis graeci ritus; while, reporting the death of the bishop in 1934,the same documents refer his titular see as Belgrad on the sea thus Alba Maritima.

Sources

"diocese/d2a68". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
Diocese at www.gcatholic.org

43°56′17″N 15°26′28″E / 43.9380°N 15.4410°E / 43.9380; 15.4410

[1] Titular Sees ('A')

[2] Often in historical reference this titular see has been confused with the historical see of Belgrad (Beograd), known from 1290 to 1740 also as Alba Graeca, Alba Bulgarica, or Nandoralba.

[3] In the nomination act, the Acta Apostolicae Sedis refer the see as Bellogradensis et Semendriensis graeci ritus; while, reporting the death of the bishop in 1934,the same documents refer his titular see as Belgrad on the sea thus Alba Maritima.

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