Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (Porečko-pulska biskupija; 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.

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)


 * Suffragan 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Recanati (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03)
 * TO BE COMPLETED/ELABORATED
 * TO BE COMPLETED/ELABORATED
 * TO BE COMPLETED/ELABORATED


 * Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (1533.06.06 – 1537.05.28)


 * 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)