Diocese of Nin

The Diocese of Nin (historically, Nona) was a Catholic jurisdiction probably founded in the middle of the 9th century.Fine, 1991, p. 254"Diocese of Nona (Nin)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Nin" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016 The seat of its bishops was the Church of the Holy Cross in Nin, Croatia.

List Bishop Office Notes Theodosius 879-886 Listed by Daniele Farlati, Pius Basilius Gams, Carlo F. Bianchi, Ivan A. Gurato and the official Catholic schematisms.Strika, 2007 Alfredus c. 890 Gregorius c. 900–929 Gregorius was the bishop of Nin and as such was under strong protection of King Tomislav. At the Synod in 925, held in Split, Croatia, Gregory lost to the Archbishop of Split, he was offered the Sisak Bishopric, but he refused. After the conclusions of the first Synod, Gregory complained again in 928 but was rejected and his Nin bishopric was abolished, Gregory himself being sent off to the Skradin bishopric, after which he disappears from the annals of history. Abolished Andreas c. 1050–1072 Forminus fl. 1075 Gregorius fl. 1104 Rodanus fl. 1163 Matthaeus 1170–1194 Ioannes c. 1206 B. 1229 Hierarchia catholica medii aevi S.Janson 1230, 1241 Ioannes 1253, 1258 Stephanus 1272 Marcellus 1288 Marcus 1291 Vidović 1996, p. 537 Ioannes 1318? Natalis 1328–1342 Ivan IV 1342–1353 Dimitrije de Metapharis 1354–1387 Antun Črnota 1387 Ivan V 1394–1400 Franjo Petri 1402 Ivan VI 1409 Nikola de Treviso 1400–1424 Ludovik 1436 Natalis Mlečanin 1436–1462 Jakob Bragdeno 1462–1474 Juraj Divnić 1479–1530 He was one of the more important Catholic bishops of Croatian origin in his time. He was born in Šibenik, and was part of the known Divnić family, which settled in Šibenik in the 14th century from Skradin, and had likely settled there from Bosnia earlier. Bishop Juraj wrote Pope Alexander VI about the catastrophe right after the Battle of Krbava.Jakob Divnić 1530–1554Nephew of Juraj Divnić, coadjutor bishop from 1523Marco Loredan 1554–1577Pietro Cedolini 1577–1581Gerolamo Mazzarelli 1581–1588Angelo Gradi 1588–1592 Horatius Belloti Venetus O. M. Conv. 1592–1602 Vidović 1996, p. 538 Blasius Mandevius 1602–1645 Simeone Difnico 1646–1649 Georgius Georgiceo 1649–1653 "Bishop Giorgio Giorgicci" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016 Franciscus Andronicus 1653–1666 Franciscus Grassi 1667–1677 Ioannes Burgofortis (Giovanni Borgoforte) 1677–1687 Ioannes Vusius (Giovanni Vusich) 1688–1689 Juraj Parčić 1690–1703 Martinus Dragolius (Dragolovich) 1703–1708 Ioannes Manola 1709–1711 Antonius Rosignoli 1713–1715 Nicolaus Drasich 1716–1720 Bernardus Dominicus Leoni 1722–1727 Ioannes Andreas Balbi 1728–1732 Hieronvmus Fonda 1733–1738 Ioannes Fridericus Orsini Rosa 1738–1742 Thomas Nechich 1743–1754 Antonius Tripcovich 1754–1771

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