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The Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos (Latin: Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic church in insular Greece.[1][2]
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Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis Αρχιεπισκοπή Νάξου, Τήνου, Άνδρου και Μυκόνου | |
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Location | |
Country | Greece |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,377 km2 (532 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 61,900 5,400 (8.7%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13th Century (As Diocese of Naxos) 1522 (As Archdiocese of Naxos) 3 June 1919 (As Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Rosary in Tinos |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Josif Printezis |
Bishops emeritus | Nikolaos Printezis |
Website | |
http://kantam.gr/ |
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, in the village of Xinara, on Tinos, but is also has a Co-Cathedral of the Presentation of the Lord, in Naxos town.
The ecclesiastical territory comprises most of the Aegean islands in Greece, including, but not limited to Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.
Josif Printezis was appointed bishop in January 2021, and will be consecrated and installed in March.
Originally erected as the Diocese of Naxos in the 13th century, the Latin bishopric was promoted to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naxos in 1522, after the fall of Rhodes (Ottoman conquest), when the Archiepiscopal see for its Knights Hospitallers' crusader state was in fact moved from there.
In 1538, Naxos (along with the islands of Andros, Paros, and Santorini) fell to the Ottoman naval commander Hayreddin Barbarossa.[3] In response, Pope Paul III assembled a ’’Holy League’’, comprising the Papacy, Spain, the Republic of Genoa, the Republic of Venice and the Knights of Malta, to confront Barbarossa[4] but were defeated at the Battle of Preveza.
On June 3, 1919, the Archdiocese of Naxos was united with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tinos and Mykonos (which in 1824 had absorbed the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Andros, without adopting its title) to form the present Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos, whose new name also includes Andros.
The Metropolitan's ecclesiastical province comprises his own archdiocese and the following suffragan dioceses :
(all Latin Church)
Erected: 13th Century
Latin Name: Naxiensis
Elevated: 1522
Latin Name: Naxiensis
United: 3 June 1919 with the Diocese of Andros, the Diocese of Mykonos, and the Diocese of Tinos
Latin Name: Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis
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