Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
United: 3 June 1919
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Greece
Square Kilometers: 12,000 (4,635 Square Miles)
Description: The islands of Kephallonia and Zakinthos
Official Web Site: http://www.catholic-church-corfu.org/
Mailing Address: Archeveche Catholique, Montzenikhou 3, 49100 Kerkyra, Hellas
Telephone: (26610)30.277
Fax: 31.675

Past and Present Ordinaries

Marino de’ Bernardini, O.S.A. † (25 Sep 1430 Appointed - )
Santo Venier † ( 1481 Appointed - 1514 Died)
Cristoforo Marcello † (28 May 1514 Appointed - 1527 Died)
Giacomo Cocco † (20 Nov 1528 Appointed - 1565 Died)
Antonio Cocco † ( 1565 Succeeded - 1577 Resigned)
Bernardino Suriano † (29 Nov 1577 Appointed - 1583 Died)
Maffeo Venier † (11 May 1583 Appointed - 1586 Died)
Giovanni Balbi † (14 Jan 1587 Appointed - 1597 Died)
Vincenzo Querini † (29 Jan 1597 Appointed - 1618 Died)
Benedetto Bragadin, O.F.M. † (3 Dec 1618 Appointed - 1658 Died)
Carlo Labia, C.R. † (27 Jan 1659 Appointed - 13 Sep 1677 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Adria)
Marcantonio Barbarigo † (6 Jun 1678 Appointed - 7 Jul 1687 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone)
Giorgio Emo † (14 Jun 1688 Appointed - Jan 1705 Died)
Augusto Antonio Zacco † (15 Nov 1706 Appointed - 22 Nov 1723 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
Angelo Maria Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. † (22 Nov 1723 Appointed - 30 Jul 1727 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brescia)
VIncenzo Maria Mazzoleni, O.P. † (26 Nov 1727 Appointed - 18 Jun 1731 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Poreč (Parenzo))
Joannes Antonius Foscarini † (3 Mar 1732 Appointed - Dec 1739 Died)
Antonius Nani † (18 Apr 1742 Appointed - Apr 1765 Died)
Paolo Da Ponte, O.C.D. † (5 Aug 1765 Appointed - 13 Sep 1773 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Torcello (Turris))
Andrea Benedetto Ganassoni, O.S.B. † (20 Dec 1773 Appointed - 12 Jul 1779 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Feltre)
Francesco Maria Fenzi † (20 Sep 1779 Appointed - 3 Jan 1816 Resigned)
Paulus Augustus Foscolo † (8 Mar 1816 Appointed - 30 Dec 1829 Resigned)
Pier-Antonio Nostrano † (15 Mar 1830 Appointed - May 1852 Died)
Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. † (May 1852 Succeeded - 30 Apr 1855 Died)
Carlo Rivelli † (1 Nov 1855 Appointed - 18 Sep 1858 Died)
Spiridione Maddalena † (28 Sep 1860 Appointed - 1 Aug 1884 Died)
Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. † (23 Jan 1885 Appointed - 19 Aug 1897 Died)
Antonio Delenda † (12 Feb 1898 Appointed - 29 Apr 1900 Appointed, Archbishop of Athenai {Athens})
Teodoro Antonio Polito † (11 Jun 1901 Appointed - 23 Sep 1911 Died)
Domenico Darmanin † (4 Mar 1912 Appointed - 17 Feb 1919 Died)
Leonard Brindisi † (3 Jul 1919 Appointed - 8 Sep 1940 Died)
Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. † (29 May 1947 Appointed - 6 Jul 1952 Resigned)
Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. † (30 May 1962 Appointed - 22 Mar 2003 Retired)
Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (22 Mar 2003 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Archdiocese of Corfù
1310	Erected		Archdiocese of Corfù (erected)
Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
3 June 1919	United	Archdiocese of Corfù Diocese of Cefalonia e Zante	Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

1950 3,800 220,000 1.7% 5 3 8 475 3 10 4 ap1951

1970 2,700 1,200,000 .2% 5 3 8 337 3 7 6 ap1971

1980 2,700 1,278,000 .2% 3 4 7 385 4 10 7 ap1981

1990 3,000 1,200,000 .3% 2 4 6 500 4 10 6 ap1991

1999 3,800 1,288,000 .3% 4 4 8 475 4 8 6 ap2000

2000 3,800 1,200,000 .3% 4 4 8 475 4 8 6 ap2001

2001 3,800 1,200,000 .3% 4 3 7 542 3 9 6 ap2002

2002 3,800 1,200,000 .3% 4 3 7 542 3 9 6 ap2003

2003 3,800 1,200,000 .3% 4 3 7 542 4 9 6 ap2004

2004 3,800 1,200,000 .3% 4 3 7 542 3 9 6 ap2005

2006 3,800 1,200,000 .3% 4 3 7 542 3 8 3 ap2007

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia
1950	3,800	220,000	1.7%	5	3	8	475	3	10	4	ap1951
1970	2,700	1,200,000	.2%	5	3	8	337	3	7	6	ap1971
1980	2,700	1,278,000	.2%	3	4	7	385	4	10	7	ap1981
1990	3,000	1,200,000	.3%	2	4	6	500	4	10	6	ap1991
1999	3,800	1,288,000	.3%	4	4	8	475	4	8	6	ap2000
2000	3,800	1,200,000	.3%	4	4	8	475	4	8	6	ap2001
2001	3,800	1,200,000	.3%	4	3	7	542	3	9	6	ap2002
2002	3,800	1,200,000	.3%	4	3	7	542	3	9	6	ap2003
2003	3,800	1,200,000	.3%	4	3	7	542	4	9	6	ap2004
2004	3,800	1,200,000	.3%	4	3	7	542	3	9	6	ap2005
2006	3,800	1,200,000	.3%	4	3	7	542	3	8	3	ap2007

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giovanni Balbi † (Archbishop: 14 Jan 1587 to 1597)
Marcantonio Barbarigo † (Archbishop: 6 Jun 1678 to 7 Jul 1687)
Francesco Benzi †
Marino de’ Bernardini, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1430)
Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1885 to 19 Aug 1897)
Benedetto Bragadin, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 3 Dec 1618 to 1658)
Leonard Brindisi † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1919 to 8 Sep 1940)
Antonio Cocco † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 29 May 1560; Archbishop: 1565 to 1577)
Giacomo Cocco † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1528 to 1565)
Paolo Da Ponte, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 5 Aug 1765 to 13 Sep 1773)
Domenico Darmanin † (Archbishop: 4 Mar 1912 to 17 Feb 1919)
Antonio Delenda † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1898 to 29 Apr 1900)
Giorgio Emo † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1688 to Jan 1705)
Francesco Maria Fenzi † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1779 to 3 Jan 1816)
Joannes Antonius Foscarini † (Archbishop: 3 Mar 1732 to Dec 1739)
Paulus Augustus Foscolo † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 30 Dec 1829)
Angelo Pietro (Andelo Petar) Galli † (Priest: 16 Feb 1788 to 23 Feb 1801)
Andrea Benedetto Ganassoni, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1773 to 12 Jul 1779)
John Thomas Hynes, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Aug 1838 to 12 Sep 1843)
Carlo Labia, C.R. † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1659 to 13 Sep 1677)
Spiridione Maddalena † (Archbishop: 28 Sep 1860 to 1 Aug 1884)
Cristoforo Marcello † (Archbishop: 28 May 1514 to 1527)
VIncenzo Maria Mazzoleni, O.P. † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1727 to 18 Jun 1731)
Antonius Nani † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1742 to Apr 1765)
Francis Joseph Nicholson, O.C.D. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 12 May 1846; Archbishop: May 1852 to 30 Apr 1855)
Pier-Antonio Nostrano † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1830 to May 1852)
Teodoro Antonio Polito † (Archbishop: 11 Jun 1901 to 23 Sep 1911)
Vincenzo Querini † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1597 to 1618)
Angelo Maria Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1723 to 30 Jul 1727)
Carlo Rivelli † (Archbishop: 1 Nov 1855 to 18 Sep 1858)
Bernardino Suriano † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1577 to 1583)
Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. † (Archbishop: 30 May 1962 to 22 Mar 2003)
Maffeo Venier † (Archbishop: 11 May 1583 to 1586)
Santo Venier † (Archbishop: 1481 to 1514)
Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. † (Archbishop: 29 May 1947 to 6 Jul 1952)
Augusto Antonio Zacco † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1706 to 22 Nov 1723)

Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Archidioecesis Corcyrensis, Zacynthiensis et Cephaloniensis

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased