Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia

Historical Details

• Archdiocese of Corfù
  • Latin Name: Corcyrensis
  • Erected: 1310
  • Metropolitan See
  • Country: Greece

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Giovanni , O.P. † ( 1320 Appointed - 27 Jun 1330 Appointed, Archbishop of Otranto)
• Giovanni , O.P. † (27 Jun 1330 Appointed - )
• Salviano † ( 1340 Appointed - )
• Gaddo Pisano, O.P. † ( 1341 Appointed - )
• Giovanni della Porta † ( 1348 Appointed - 30 May 1348 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
• Francesco degli Atti † (30 May 1348 Appointed - 17 Sep 1348 Appointed, Bishop of Chiusi)
• Nicolò † (10 Nov 1348 Appointed - )
• Castellino Romanopullus † (16 Apr 1350 Appointed - 1375 Died)
• Giovanni da Amelia † (15 Feb 1376 Appointed - 2 Oct 1378 Resigned)
• Pietro Budana † (15 Jan 1379 Appointed - 1386 Died)
• Nicolò † (14 Apr 1386 Appointed - )
• Pino Ordelaffi † (18 Mar 1390 Appointed - 1 Dec 1390 Resigned)
• Marco Giustiniani † (1 Dec 1390 Appointed - 31 Aug 1392 Appointed, Archbishop of Candia {Crete})
• Albano Micheli † (9 Aug 1392 Appointed - 8 Mar 1406 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua})
• Ilario † (8 Mar 1406 Appointed - 1413 Died)
• Giorgio de Cadolfino, O.P. † (18 Sep 1413 Appointed - 1428 Died)
• Eustachio de Leonardis † (29 Nov 1428 Appointed - 1430 Died)
• Marino de’ Bernardini, O.S.A. † (25 Sep 1430 Appointed - 16 Mar 1452 Died)
• Franciscus Griti † (28 Mar 1452 Appointed - 1458 Died)
• Petrus Frigerio, O.P. † (17 Mar 1459 Appointed - 1481 Died)
• Santo Venier † (3 Aug 1481 Appointed - 1514 Died)
• Cristoforo Marcello † (28 May 1514 Appointed - 1527 Died)
• Giacomo Cauco (Cocco) † (20 Nov 1528 Appointed - 1565 Died)
• Antonio Cauco (Cocco) † ( 1565 Succeeded - 1577 Resigned)
• Bernardino Suriano † (29 Nov 1577 Appointed - 1583 Died)
• Maffeo Venier † (11 May 1583 Appointed - 1586 Died)
• Giovanni Balbi, O.F.M. Obs. † (14 Jan 1587 Appointed - 1597 Died)
• Vincenzo Querini † (29 Jan 1597 Appointed - 1618 Died)
• Benedetto Bragadin, O.F.M. Obs. † (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 (Gerolamo) 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))
• Giovanni Antonio Foscarini, C.R.L. † (3 Mar 1732 Appointed - Dec 1739 Died)
• Antonio Nani † (18 Apr 1742 Appointed - Apr 1765 Died)
• Paolo Da Ponte, O.C.D. † (5 Aug 1765 Appointed - 13 Sep 1773 Confirmed, 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)
• Pietro 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)
• Antonios Delenda † (12 Feb 1898 Appointed - 29 Apr 1900 Appointed, Archbishop of Athēnai {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 - 14 Sep 2020 Retired)
• Georgios Altouvas (14 Sep 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

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
2013	3,843	121,700	3.2%	5	3	8	480		3	8	4	ap2014
2016	3,820	120,600	3.2%	4	1	5	764		4	7	3	ap2017
2019	3,500	120,000	2.9%	3		3	1,166		3	7	3	ap2020
2021	3,490	119,850	2.9%	3		3	1,163	1	3	6	3	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Georgios Altouvas (Archbishop: 14 Sep 2020 - )
• Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (Archbishop: 22 Mar 2003 to 14 Sep 2020)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Giovanni da Amelia † (Archbishop: 15 Feb 1376 to 2 Oct 1378)
• Francesco degli Atti † (Archbishop: 30 May 1348 to 17 Sep 1348)
• Giovanni Balbi, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 14 Jan 1587 to 1597)
• Marcantonio Barbarigo † (Archbishop: 6 Jun 1678 to 7 Jul 1687)
• Marino de’ Bernardini, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1430 to 16 Mar 1452)
• Evangelista Boni, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1885 to 19 Aug 1897)
• Benedetto Bragadin, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 3 Dec 1618 to 1658)
• Leonard Brindisi † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1919 to 8 Sep 1940)
• Pietro Budana † (Archbishop: 15 Jan 1379 to 1386)
• Giorgio de Cadolfino, O.P. † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1413 to 1428)
• Antonio Cauco (Cocco) † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 29 May 1560; Archbishop: 1565 to 1577)
• Giacomo Cauco (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)
• Antonios Delenda † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1898 to 29 Apr 1900)
• Francesco Carlo di Mento †
• Giorgio Emo † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1688 to Jan 1705)
• Francesco Maria Fenzi † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1779 to 3 Jan 1816)
• Giovanni Antonio Foscarini, C.R.L. † (Archbishop: 3 Mar 1732 to Dec 1739)
• Paulus Augustus Foscolo † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 30 Dec 1829)
• Petrus Frigerio, O.P. † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1459 to 1481)
• 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)
• Marco Giustiniani † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1390 to 31 Aug 1392)
• Franciscus Griti † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1452 to 1458)
• Alessandro Guidati †
• 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)
• Eustachio de Leonardis † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1428 to 1430)
• Marius Macrionitis, S.J. † (Apostolic Administrator: 14 Jun 1952 to 8 Apr 1959)
• Spiridione Maddalena † (Priest: 4 Jun 1850; 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)
• Albano Micheli † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1392 to 8 Mar 1406)
• Antonio 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)
• Pietro Antonio Nostrano † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1830 to May 1852)
• Pino Ordelaffi † (Administrator: 18 Mar 1390 to 1 Dec 1390)
• Gaddo Pisano, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1341)
• Teodoro Antonio Polito † (Archbishop: 11 Jun 1901 to 23 Sep 1911)
• Giovanni della Porta † (Archbishop: 1348 to 30 May 1348)
• Venedictos Printesis † (Apostolic Administrator: 15 May 1959 to 1962)
• Vincenzo Querini † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1597 to 1618)
• Angelo Maria (Gerolamo) Quirini (Querini), O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1723 to 30 Jul 1727)
• Carlo Rivelli † (Archbishop: 1 Nov 1855 to 18 Sep 1858)
• Castellino Romanopullus † (Archbishop: 16 Apr 1350 to 1375)
• 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: 3 Aug 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)
• Giovanni , O.P. † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1330)
• Giovanni , O.P. † (Archbishop: 1320 to 27 Jun 1330)
• Ilario † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1406 to 1413)
• Nicolò † (Archbishop: 10 Nov 1348)
• Nicolò † (Archbishop: 14 Apr 1386)
• Salviano † (Archbishop: 1340)

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