Diocese of Nona

This is a list of the bishops of Nin, named after the town of Nin, Croatia. The Bishopric was most likely founded in the middle of the 9th century.[1][2][3]

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Bishop Office Notes
Theodosius879 [4]Listed by Daniele Farlati, Pius Basilius Gams, Carlo F. Bianchi, Ivan A. Gurato and the official Catholic schematisms.[4]
Alfredusc. 890 [4]
Gregorius
c. 900–929Gregory was the bishop of Nin and as such was under strong protection of King Tomislav. At the Synod in 925, held in Split, Gregory lost to the Archbishop of Split, he was offered the Sisak Bishopric, but he refused. After the conclusions of the first Synod Gregory complained again in 927/8 but was rejected and his Nin Bishopric was abolished, Gregory himself being sent off to the Skradin Bishopric, after which he disappears from the annals of history.
Abolished
Andreasc. 1050–1072
Forminusfl. 1075
Gregoriusfl. 1104
Rodanusfl. 1163
Matthaeus1170–1194
Ioannesc. 1206
B.1229 [4][5]
S.Janson1230, 1241
Ioannes1253, 1258
Stephanus1272
Marcellus1288
Marcus1291 [6]
Ioannes1318? [6]
Natalis1328 [6]
Georgius? [6]
?
Juraj Divnić
"Juraj the Dalmatian"		end of 15th centuryHe was one of the more important Catholic bishops of Croatian origin in his time. He was born in Šibenik, and was part of the known Divnić family, which settled in Šibenik in the 14th century from Skradin, and had likely settled there from Bosnia earlier.[7] Bishop Juraj wrote Pope Alexander VI about the catastrophe right after the Battle of Krbava.
Horatius Belloti Venetus O. M. Conv.1592–1602 [8]
Blasius Mandevius1602–1645 [8]
Simeon Diphnicus1646–1649 [8]
Georgius Georgiceo1649–1653 [8][9]
Franciscus Andronicus1653–1666 [8]
Franciscus Grassi1667–1677 [8]
Ioannes Burgofortis (Giovanni Borgoforte)1677–1687 [8]
Ioannes Vusius (Giovanni Vusich)1688–1689 [8]
Georgius Parchich1690–1703 [8]On 20 April 1693, he sent a report to the Congregation that there were 5486 Roman Catholics and 7363 Orthodox Serbs in his Bishopric. In the territory of his bishopric there was also a Serbian episcope. The Roman Catholics had 21 priests, while the Orthodox had 15. Bishop Georgius said that he worked to Uniate the Orthodox, preaching for them and teaching them the faith and the true, Catholic teachings. On 1 June 1696, he mentions that thanks to his efforts the population of the village of Poločnik denounced the "Schismatic wrongs" – the Orthodox faith, and accepted the Roman faith.
Martinus Dragolius (Dragolovich)1703–1708 [8]
Ioannes Manola1709–1711 [8]
Antonius Rosignoli1713–1715 [8]
Nicolaus Drasich1716–1720 [8]
Bernardus Dominicus Leoni1722–1727 [8]
Ioannes Andreas Balbi1728–1732 [8]
Hieronvmus Fonda1733–1738 [8]
Ioannes Fridericus Orsini Rosa1738–1742 [8]
Thomas Nechich1743–1754 [8]
Antonius Tripcovich1754–1771 [8]

References
  1. Fine, 1991, p. 254
  2. "Diocese of Nona (Nin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  3. "Titular Episcopal See of Nin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  4. Strika, 2007
  5. Hierarchia catholica medii aevi
  6. Vidović 1996, p. 537
  7. Zbornik radova o Šimunu Kožičiću Benji, p. 186, Jedan od značajnih biskupa hrvatskoga roda iz toga doba bio je Juraj Divnić, Šibenčanin, iz poznate obitelji Divnića, koja se doselila u Šibenik u 14. stoljeću iz Skradina, a tamo još ranije, vjerojatno iz Bosne.3
  8. Vidović 1996, p. 538
  9. "Bishop Giorgio Giorgicci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016

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