Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia

The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Anatoliensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin apostolic vicariate, in the eastern half of Anatolia (Asian Turkey).

Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia

Vicariatus Apostolicus Anatoliensis

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Location
Country Turkey
MetropolitanNone (immediately subject to the Holy See)
Population
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
4,363
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Apostolic VicarPaolo Bizzeti
Map
Website
Website of the Vicariate

The missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction is not part of any ecclesiastical province. Under the direction of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, an unusual structure for a Latin see, it is directly dependent on the Holy See.

Its cathedral seat is the Marian Cathedral of the Annunciation in İskenderun (Alexandria). It has the Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua in Mersin as well.

History
  • Established originally on 13 March 1845 as Apostolic Prefecture of Trabzon, named after its then see at the Black Sea, not invoking any local apostolic succession.
  • Suppressed on 12 September 1896, its territory being merged into the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir (in western Anatolia).
  • Restored on 20 June 1931 as Mission sui iuris of Trabzon, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinopole.[1]
  • Promoted on 30 November 1990 as Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia,[2] since led by a titular bishop.

As of 2020, the vicariate, which covers 450k square kilometers, had six parishes and two missions to serve a thousand Turkish Christians as well as Christian refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[3]

Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of Trabzon (Independent Mission)
  • Friar Damiano da Viareggio, O.F.M. Cap. (1845 – 1852)
  • Friar Filippo Maria da Bologna, O.F.M. Cap. (1852 – 1881)
  • Friar Eugenio da Modica, O.F.M. Cap. (1881 – 12 September 1896)
Ecclesiastical Superiors of Trabzon
  • Fr. Michele da Capodistria, O.F.M. Cap. (20 June 1931 – 9 March 1933)
  • Fr. Giovanni Giannetti da Fivizzano, O.F.M. Cap. (9 March 1933 – 1955)
  • Fr. Prospero Germini da Ospitaletto, O.F.M. Cap. (1955 – 1961)
  • Fr. Michele Salardi da Novellara, O.F.M. Cap. (1961 – 1966)
  • Fr. Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. (19 December 1966 – 22 January 1983)
    • Bernardini became an archbishop and remained as apostolic administrator (22 January 1983 – 30 November 1990)
Apostolic Vicars of Anatolia
    • Bernardini continued as apostolic administrator when the vicariate was erected (30 November 1990[2] – 2 July 1993)
  • Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (2 July 1993[4] – 11 October 2004)[5]
  • Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. (11 October 2004[5] – 3 June 2010)
    • Franceschini returned as apostolic administrator (12 June 2010 – 14 August 2015)
  • Paolo Bizzeti, S.J. (14 August 2015[6][7] – present)

See also

References
  1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XXIII. 1931. pp. 402–3. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXXIII. 1991. p. 151. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. Uguccioni, Cristina (17 February 2020). "I vescovi del Mediterraneo a Bari, Bizzeti: sogno un liceo internazionale per futuri leader promotori di una pace attiva". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. "Turkey, the Pope: the Jesuit Bizzeti in the office that belonged to Padovese". La Stampa. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. "Rinunce e nomine, 14.08.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2020.



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