Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Poreč and Pula
Latin:	Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis
Local:	Porečko-pulska biskupija
Country:	Croatia
Rite:	Latin Rite
Cathedral:	Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč
Cocathedral:	Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pula
Area Km2:	2,839
Population:	210,114
Population As Of:	2013
Catholics:	164,480
Catholics Percent:	78.3
Metro Archbishop:	Mate Uzinić
Bishop:	Ivan Štironja
Emeritus Bishops:	Ivan Milovan, Bishop Emeritus (1997–2012)
Map:	Location Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč-Pula.svg
Website:	Website of the Diocese
Parishes:	78

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (Croatian: Porečko-pulska biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis; Italian: Diocesi di Parenzo e Pola) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rijeka on Istria peninsula, in Croatia.^[1] ^[2]

Special churches

The cathedral episcopal see is Euphrasian Basilica, a Minor basilica and World Heritage Site in the city of Poreč. The Co-Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pula. There are two more former cathedrals: Crkva Sv. Pelagije, in Novigrad, and Crkva Navještenja BDM, in Pićan.

History

Established circa (200-)300 as Diocese of Parentium; medieval/modern names Poreč (Croat) / Parenzo (Italian) / Parentin(us) (Latin adjective)
Exchanged territory in 1784 with the Italian Diocese of Trieste
Formally United aeque principaliter (i.e. in personal union) with the Diocese of Cittanova but only 1442–1448
Renamed on June 30, 1828 as Diocese of Parenzo/Poreč and Pola/Pula, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pula
Gained territory on 1977.10.17 from the Diocese of Trieste, and exchanged territory with Diocese of Koper.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 169,048 Catholics (79.5% of 212,561 total) on 2,839 km² in 135 parishes with 108 priests (94 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 78 lay religious (48 brothers, 30 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite; probably many Italians, notably in the early centuries)

Bishops of Poreč

Andrea (991 – 1010?)
Sigimbaldo (1015 – 1017?)
Engelmaro (1028 – 1040)
Arpo (1045 – 1050)
Orso (1050 – 1060)
Adelman (1060 – 1075)
Cadolo (1075 – 1082)
Pagano I (1082 – 1104)
Bertold (1104 – 1120)
Ferongo (1120 – 1131)
Rodemondo (1131 – 1146)
Vincenzo (1146 – 1158)
Uberto (1158 – 1174)
Pietro (1174 – 1194)
Giovanni I (1196 – 1200)
Pulcherio (1200 – 1216?)
Adalberto (1219 – 1243)
Pagano II (1243 – 1246)
Giovanni II (1249 – 1254)
Ottone (1256 – 1282)
Bonifazio (1282 – 1305)
Giuliano Natale (1306 – 1309)
Graziadio, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1309 – 1327)
Giovanni Gottoli de Sordello, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1328.06.20 – death 1367)
Gilberto Zorzi, O.P. (1367.07.02 – 1388.03.04), next Bishop of Eraclea (1388.03.04 – death 1403)
Giovanni Lombardo, O. Carm. (1388.06 – death 1415.03.21)
Fantino Valaresso (1415.04.28 – 1425.12.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Crete (insular Greece) (1425.12.05 – death 1443.05.18)
Daniele Scotto de’ Rampi (1426 – 1433), next Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1433.01.07 – death 1443.07.11)
Angelo Cavazza (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); previously Bishop of Arba (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); later Bishop of Cittanova (1442 – retired 1448); died 1457
Placido de Pavanello, Vallombrosians (O.S.B. Vall.) (1457.01.24 – 1464.11.05); previously Titular Bishop of Byblus (1454.01.09 – 1457.01.24); later Bishop of Torcello (1464.11.05 – 1471)
Francesco Morosini, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1464.11.14 – death 1470.10.03), also Apostolic Administrator of Macerata (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03) and Apostolic Administrator of Recanati (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03)
Bartolomeo Barbarigo (1471.10.11 – died after 1475.06.03)
Silvestro Quirini (1476.01.31 – died about October 1476)
Niccolò Franco (1476.10.23 – 1485.02.21 appointed bishop of Treviso)
Tommaso Catanei (or Colleoni), O.P. (1485.03.04 – 1485.12.12 appointed bishop of Cervia)
Giovanni Antonio Pavaro (1487.03.14 – 1500.02.20)
Alvise Tasso (1500.02.24 – 1516.01.16 appointed bishop of Recanati)
Girolamo Campeggi (1516.03.14 – retired 1533)

Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (1533.06.06 – 1537.05.28)

Giovanni Campeggi (1537.05.28 – 1553.05.06 appointed bishop of Bologna)
Pietro Gritti (1553.05.17 – 1573.02.09)
Cesare Nores (1573.02.09 – 1597.12.12)
Giovanni Lippomano (1598.07.08 – retired after 1608.06.09)
Leonardo Tritonio (1609.02.09 – 1631.06.15)
Ruggero Tritonio (1632.02.01 – 1644.07.25)
Giovan Battista Del Giudice (1644 – 1666.01.24)
Niccolò Petronio Caldana (1667.03.16 – died October 1670)
Alessandro Adelasio, C.R.L. (1671.07.01 – died August 1711)
Antonio Vaira (1712.03.02 – 1717.07.12 appointed bishop of Adria)
Pietro Grassi (1718.03.14 –1731.03.16)
Vincenzo Maria Mazzoleni, O.P. (1731.05.21 – 1741.12.16)
Gaspare Negri (1742.01.22 – died January 1778)
Francesco Polesini (1778.06.01 – 1819.01.09)

No bishop (1819 – 1827)

Suffragan Bishops of Poreč and Pula

TO BE ELABORATED

Juraj Dobrila (1857.12.21 – 1875)
Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina (1878.09.13 – 1882.07.03)
Alojzij Zorn (1882.09.25 – 1883.08.09)
Giovanni Battista Flapp (1884.11.13 – 1912)
Trifone Pederzolli (1913.06.19 – 1941.04.22)
Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. (1941.11.27 – 1948.07.07)
Apostolic Administrator Bishop Dragutin Nežić (1950.05.21 – 1960.06.15)
Bishop Dragutin Nežić (1960.06.15 – 1984.01.27)
Bishop Antun Bogetić (1984.01.27 – 1997.11.18)
Bishop Ivan Milovan (1997.11.18 - 2012.06.14)
Bishop Dražen Kutleša (2012.06.14 – 2020.07.11)
Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Dražen Kutleša (2020.07.11 – 2023.03.18)
Bishop Ivan Štironja (since 2023.01.21)

Sources and external links

Diocese website (in Croat)

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Notes and References

Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Poreč i Pula (Parenzo) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Diocese of Poreč i Pula (Croatia) . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)