Latin Bishopric of Salona


The Latin Bishopric of Salona was a Roman Catholic diocese centred on Amfissa, in Central Greece, during the period of Frankish rule there after the Fourth Crusade. The see was suppressed with the conquest of the region by the Ottoman Turks in 1410, but is retained by the Catholic Church as a titular see. It has been vacant since 1964.
The see is attested for the first time in the Provinciale Romanum, a list of the sees subordinate to the See of Rome, dating to 1228. It lists Salona as one of the eight suffragan sees of the Latin Archbishopric of Athens. The absence of Salona as a see in previous Notitiae Episcopatuum of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople has led to the Bishopric of Salona being usually considered a new foundation. Raymond-Joseph Loenertz however suggested that it was actually a replacement of the Greek Orthodox bishopric in nearby Loidoriki, and is followed by Kenneth Setton.

Residential bishops

Titular bishops

The known titular bishops of Salona were:
NameTenureNotes
Gerhard, O.F.M.25 February 1429 – 8 January 1456died in office
Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg, O.Cist.1441 – 15 June 1472died in office
Albert Schönhofer17 May 1473 – 7 July 1493died in office
Ulrich Pramberger, O.F.M29 March 1484 – 22 December 1494died in office
Fernando del Barco, O.Carm.6 February 1521 – 1548died in office
Augustin Mair, C.R.S.A.8 June 1523 – 25 November 1543died in office
Pedro Ruiz de la Camera, O.P.4 June 1554 – 15 December 1564died in office
Anton Resch, O.P.17 March 1567 – 23 January 1583died in office
Diego de la Calzada17 February 1578 – ?
Sebastian Bollinger16 July 1584 – 8 July 1590died in office
Cesare Fedele13 August 1607 – 27 December 1620died in office
Etienne de Brito, S.J.11 January 1621 – 1624succeeded to the Archbishopric of Cranganore
Giovanni Pietro Volpi23 May 1622 – 10 March 1629succeeded to the Bishopric of Novara
Giuliano Viviani19 November 1629 – 2 May 1639succeeded to the Bishopric of Isola
Jonas Jeronimas Krišpinas30 August 1694 – 19 September 1695succeeded to the Bishopric of Samogitia
Anton Johann Zerr23 November 1925 – 15 December 1932died in office
Frantisek Zapletal20 January 1933 – 20 August 1935died in office
Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M.Cap.22 September 1937 – 9 September 1945succeeded to the Bishopric of Novara
Thomas Lawrence Noa22 February 1946 – 10 August 1947succeeded to the Bishopric of Marquette
Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M15 March 1957 – 16 December 1964died in office