Oleni

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For the municipal unit in Achaea, see Olenia. For the island off the Russian north coast, see Oleniy Island.
Oleni
Ωλένη
Oleni is located in Greece
Oleni
Oleni
Coordinates: 37°44′N 21°33′E / 37.733°N 21.550°E / 37.733; 21.550Coordinates: 37°44′N 21°33′E / 37.733°N 21.550°E / 37.733; 21.550
Country Greece
Administrative region West Greece
Regional unit Elis
Municipality Pyrgos
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
 • Municipal unit 9,026
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 270 64
Area code(s) 26210
Vehicle registration ΗΑ
Website www.oleni.gov.gr

Oleni (Greek: Ωλένη) is a village, former municipality, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyrgos, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The seat of the municipality was in Karatoula.

The municipal unit was named after the ruined medieval town Olena. It consists of a wide valley around Karatoula and Magoula, and the hills west and east of the valley. It is located about 10 km northeast of Pyrgos, 13 km northwest of Olympia and 20 km southeast of Amaliada. The largest community is Goumero. The ancient town Amphidolis was located near present Karatoula.[citation needed]

Ecclesiastical history[edit]

Circa 1204? was established a Latin Diocese of Oleno, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Patrae (Patrasso).

It was suppressed in 1432, losing its territory.

Residential Latin bishops[edit]

  • Suffragan Bishops of Oleno
  • Guglielmo (1246.05.06 – ?)
  • Giullaume de Pontoise, Benedictines (O.S.B.) (1258 – death 1263.12.18)
  • Niccolò (1285.09.30 – ?)
  • Giovanni Muto dei Papazzurri (1297.12.23 – 1300.02.06), later Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1300.02.06 – 1302.08.03), Bishop of Rieti (Italy) (1302.08.03 – death 1339)
  • Leonardo (1300.03.26 – ?)
  • Aimone, O.S.B. (1310? – 1313.01.13), later Bishop of Arba (1313.01.13 – 1317?)
  • Giacomo (1313? – ?)
  • Giovanni (1330? – ?)
  • Francesco (1333.03.18 – ?)
  • Ludovico della Torre (1349.03.30 – 1357.05.17), later Bishop of Corone (1357.05.17 – 1359.05.10), Patriarch of Aquileia (Italy) (1359.05.10 – 1365)
  • Francesco (1357.05.26 – ?)
  • Archbishop-Bishop Pietro da Piacenza, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1362.03.04 – ?), previously Archbishop of Smirne (Smyrna, now Izmir, Asian Turkey) (1358.01.31 – 1362.03.04)
  • Matteo (1370.03.27 – ?)
  • Ludovico (1388.07.24 – ?)
  • Antonio da Macerata, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1391.08.11 – ?)
  • Teodoro da Costantinopoli, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1418.04.10 – 1421?)

Titular see of Olena[edit]

However at its suppression in 1432, the diocese was immediately transformed into a Latin Catholic Titular bishopric under the name of Olena.

It is vacant since decades, having had the following non-consecutive incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

  • Pierre de l’Abbé (1519.04.13 – ?)
  • Raimondo Lezzoli, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1696.10.20 – 1706.01.18)
  • Michael Portier (1825.08.26 – 1829.05.15)
  • Thomas Griffiths (1833.07.30 – 1847.08.12)
  • Sébastin-Théophille Neyret (1848.03.31 – 1862.11.05)
  • Agustín Cecilio Gómez de Carpena y Bolio (1864.09.22 – 1868.10.05)
  • Jean-Marcel Touvier, Lazarists (C.M.) (1869.11.29 – 1888.08.04)
  • Fr. Pio Claudio Nesi, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1901.04.22 – 1901.05.02)
  • Joseph Robert Cowgill (1905.09.26 – 1911.06.07)
  • Luís Silva Lezaeta (1912.01.05 – 1928.02.03)
  • Paul Wang Wen-cheng (王文成) (1929.12.02 – 1946.04.11)
  • Clemente Geiger, Missionaries of the Precious Blood (C.PP.S.) (1948.01.17 – 1995.06.14)

Subdivisions[edit]

The municipal unit Oleni is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Historical population[edit]

Year Population
1991 7,560
2001 9,026

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003. 
  2. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

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