Roman Catholic Diocese of Termia

The Diocese of Termia or Diocese of Thermae or Diocese of Thermia (Latin: Dioecesis Thermiensis seu Firminiensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea.^[1][2] In 1330, as part of the Venetian Duchy of Naxos, it became, under the name Ceo, the see of a Latin Church in the Cyclades located on the on the island of Kea, which in 1600 was renamed bishopric of Thermia and moved to the island of Kythnos, but suppressed in 1650, after the Ottoman conquest.

History

• 1330: Established as Diocese of Ceo^[2]
• 1600: Renamed as Diocese of Thermia^[2]
• 1650: Suppressed^[2]
• 1933: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Cea^[2]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Ceo

• Nicolò (? – ?)
• Pietro, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1350.11.17 – ?)
• Princivalle, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1370.05.29 – ?)
• Simone da Arezzo, O.F.M. (1376.06.16 – ?)
• Giorgio (? – ?)
• Francesco da Venezia, O.F.M. (1422.07.06 – ?)
• Francesco Barberi (1435? – death 1445?)
• Francesco, O.F.M. (1445.06.09 – 1453.04.30), later Bishop of Naxos (Greek island) (1453.04.30 – ?)
• Giovanni di Sicilia, O.F.M. (1454.11.29 – ?)
• Nicolò (? – ?)
• Pietro (? – ?)
• Gómez (1498.05.24 – ?)
• Giorgio Barozzi (? – ?)
• Giovanni Zotto (1520.02.06 – ?)
• Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M. (1529.02.08 – 1538.12.11), later Bishop of Milopotamus (also in Greece; 1538.12.11 – 1555)^[3]
• Costantino Giustianiani, O.P. (1540.08.27 – death 1546)
• Giovanni de Gaona, Canons Regular of saint Augustine (C.R.S.A.) (1546.02.19 – ?)
• Giacomo Rocca (1550? – ?)

Diocese of Termia

Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naxos

• Petrus Pitarca, O.F.M. (26 Jun 1617 - 1622 Died)^[4]
• Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, O.F.M. (23 May 1622 - 1634 Resigned)^[5]
• Giacomo Della Rocca (25 Sep 1634 - 1644 Died)^[6]
• Giovanni Camponeschi, O.F.M. (19 Dec 1644 - 22 Jun 1654 Confirmed, Bishop of Mottola)

Latin Catholic titular see of Cea

It is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.^[7]

Since the diocese's nominal restoration in 1933, under the name Cea, it has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but is vacant since decades :

• Bishop James Thomas O’Dowd (1948.05.22 – 1950.02.05)
• José Clemente Maurer, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1950.03.01 – 1951.10.27), as Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1950.03.01 – 1951.10.27), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia) (1951.10.27 – 1983.11.30), created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1967.06.29 – 1990.06.27), President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (1968 – 1979)
• Fr. Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto, Capuchin Friars (O.F.M. Cap.) (1952.04.26 – 1952.06.29)
• Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey (1953.02.10 – 1966.03.04)

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