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Apostolic Vicariate of

Istanbul

Turkey Turkey

Continents: East Europe, Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Izmir (↓), Anatolia (↘)

History

  • 1742.04.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole / Constantinopoli (Italiano) / Constantinopolitan(us) (Latin)
  • 1931.06.20: Lost territory to establish Mission “sui iuris” of Trabzon
  • 1990.11.30: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul / Istanbulen(sis) (Latin)

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (1992.07.09 – ...):Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (72)Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (72)

Titular Bishop of Sasima

Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkey)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Istanbul (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (72)Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (72)
(1992.07.09 – ...)

Born:1940.05.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1992.09.13

Titular Bishop of Sasima (1992.07.09 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul (Turkey) (1992.07.09 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Turkey (1995 – 2001)

Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkey) (1999 – ...)

Bishop Antuvan Marovitch
(1990.11.30 – 1991.12.15)

Born:1926.11.19 (Turkey)
Ordained Priest:1956.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1987.01.18
Died:1991.12.15 († 65)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1986.10.30 – 1989.05.29)

Titular Bishop of Igilgili (1986.10.30 – 1991.12.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1989.05.29 – 1990.11.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul (Turkey) (1990.11.30 – 1991.12.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Constantinopole (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antuvan Marovitch
(1989.05.29 – 1990.11.30)

(see above)

Bishop Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap.
(1974.11.15 – 1989.05.29)

Born:1906.06.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:1930.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1975.03.02
Died:1989.05.29 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Atenia (1974.11.15 – 1989.05.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1974.11.15 – 1989.05.29)

President of Episcopal Conference of Turkey (1979 – 1989)

Archbishop Salvatore Asta
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.06.07 – 1974.11.15)

Archbishop Saverio Zupi
(Apostolic Administrator 1966.08.30 – 1969)

Archbishop Francesco Lardone
(Apostolic Administrator 1959 – 1966)

Archbishop Giacomo Testa
(Apostolic Administrator 1953.06.18 – 1959)

Archbishop Paolo Bertoli (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1952.03.24 – 1953.05.07)

Archbishop Andrea Cassulo
(Apostolic Administrator 1947 – 1952.01.09)

Archbishop Alcide Marina, C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1945 – 1947)

Blessed Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (later Pope John XXIII)
(Apostolic Administrator 1935.01.12 – 1944.12.23)

Archbishop Carlo Margotti
(Apostolic Administrator 1930.03.08 – 1934.07.25)

Archbishop Angelo Rotta
(Apostolic Administrator 1925 – 1930)

Archbishop Angelo Maria Dolci (later Cardinal)
(1914.11.13 – 1922.12.14)

Born:1867.07.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1890
Consecrated Bishop:1900.05.13
Created Cardinal:1933.03.13
Died:1939.09.13 († 72)

Bishop of Gubbio (Italy) (1900.04.19 – 1906.12.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador (1906.12.07 – 1910.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia (1906.12.07 – 1910.09)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1906.12.09 – 1911.01.27)

Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1911.01.27 – 1914.11.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1914.11.13 – 1922.12.14)

Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople (1914.11.13 – 1922.12.14)

Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria (1914.11.13 – 1933.03.13)

Apostolic Delegate to Persia (1918? – 1921.12.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Romania (1923.05.30 – 1933.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1933.03.16 – 1936.06.15)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major (1933.05.22 – 1939.09.13)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1936.06.15 – 1939.09.13)

Archbishop Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli
(1908.04.06 – 1914)

Born:1855.12.13 (Turkey)
Died:1920.08.12 († 64)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1908.04.06 – 1914)

Apostolic Delegate to Constantinople (1908.04.06 – 1914)

Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea (1908.04.06 – 1920.08.12)

Assessor of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1916? – 1920.08.12)

Archbishop Luigi Rotelli (later Cardinal)
(1883.01.26 – 1887.05.23)

Born:1833.07.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1856.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1878.07.21
Created Cardinal:1891.06.01
Died:1891.09.15 († 58)

Bishop of Montefiascone (1878.07.15 – 1882.12.22)

Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus (1882.12.22 – 1891.06.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1883.01.26 – 1887.05.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1887.05.23 – 1891.06.01)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1891.06.01 – 1891.09.15)

Archbishop Vicenzo Vannutelli (later Cardinal)
(1880.01.23 – 1882.12.22)

Born:1836.12.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1860.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1880.02.02
Created Cardinal in pectore:1889.12.30
Revealed as Cardinal:1890.06.23
Died:1930.07.09 († 93)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1880.01.23 – 1882.12.22)

Titular Archbishop of Sardes (1880.01.23 – 1890.06.23)

Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil (1882.12.22 – 1883.10.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1883.10.04 – 1891.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (1891.06.04 – 1900.04.19)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major (1896.12.16 – 1930.07.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1900.04.19 – 1930.07.09)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1902.07.30 – 1908.10.20)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1908.10.26 – 1914.12.15)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1914.12.15 – 1930.07.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1915.12.06 – 1930.07.09)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies (1915.12.06 – 1930.07.09)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1915.12.06 – 1930.07.09)

Archbishop Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv.
(1874.12.22 – 1880.01.23)

Born:1827.01.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1849.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1874.05.17
Died:1919.02.01 († 92)

Vicar Apostolic of Marcianopolis (Romania) (1874.04.14 – 1874.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1874.04.14 – 1875.01.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1874.12.22 – 1880.01.23)

Titular Archbishop of Colossæ (1875.01.08 – 1899.06.19)

Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (Italy) (1899.06.19 – 1913)

Titular Archbishop of Larissa (1913 – 1919.02.01)

Archbishop Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè, O.F.M.
(1874.11.13 – 1876.04.03)

Born:1818.10.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1844.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:1871.08.24
Died:1892.02.10 († 73)

Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1871.03.08 – 1874.11.13)

Titular Archbishop of Achrida (1871.03.08 – 1876.04.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1874.11.13 – 1876.04.03)

Archbishop-Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica (Italy) (1876.04.03 – 1892.02.10)

Bishop Paolo Brunoni
(1857 – ?)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1857 – ?)

Bishop Julien-Marie Hillereau, S.M.M.
(1835.03.07 – 1855.03.01)

Died:1855.03.01

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (? – 1835.03.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1835.03.07 – 1855.03.01)

Archbishop Binkentios Coressi
(1816.08.26 – 1835.03.07)

Born:1755.03.01 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:1780
Consecrated Bishop:1801.02.01
Died:1835.03.07 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece) (1800.10.01 – 1814.10.12)

Titular Archbishop of Sardes (1814.10.12 – 1816.08.26)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1814.10.12 – 1835.03.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1816.08.26 – 1835.03.07)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Fonton, O.F.M. Conv.
(1799.03.16 – 1816.08.26)

Died:1816.08.26

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1799.03.16 – 1816.08.26)

Bishop Giulio Maria Pecori d’Ameno, O.F.M.
(1788.09.23 – 1796.02.28)

Died:1796.02.28

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1788.09.23 – 1796.02.28)

Bishop Francesco Antonio Fracchia
(1778.09 – 1795)

Died:1795

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1778.09 – 1795)

Archbishop Nicola Pugliesi
(1777.09.19 – 1778.07.08)

Died:1778.07.08

Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) (1751 – 1767.04.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1767.04.06 – 1777.09.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1777.09.19 – 1778.07.08)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Bavestrelli
(1772.08.31 – 1777.04.20)

Died:1777.04.20

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1772.08.31 – 1777.04.20)

Bishop Giuseppe Roverani
(1767.02.15 – 1772.07.02)

Died:1772.07.02

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1767.02.15 – 1772.07.02)

Bishop Biagio Paoli
(1750.03.18 – 1767)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1750.03.18 – 1767)

Bishop Francesco Girolamo Bona
(1731.07.18 – 1750)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkey) (1731.07.18 – 1750)

Former Prelates

as of 2013.05.03

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