Roman Catholic Diocese of Fez

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fez was a short-lived (c. 1225 – 1237) Roman Catholic diocese in Fez, Morocco.

History[]

The Diocese of Fez (Fes, Fecen(sis) or Fessen(sis)) was a Latin Rite diocese established around 1225 in the territory of modern Morocco, without direct predecessor.

Its only resident incumbent Ordinary was :

  • Suffragan? Bishop Agnello (1225 – 1237.06.12), later Bishop of Marocco (Marrakech) (1237.06.12 – ?)

Suppressed circa 1237, its territory being merged into the Diocese of Marocco (at Marrakech, also in present Morocco), to which its incumbent bishop Agnello was appointed.

Titular see[]

Circa 1496 the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Fez / Fes / Fecen(sis) = Fessen(sis) (Latin), of the Episcopal (lowest) rank.

Circa 1730 it was however again suppressed even as titular see, having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting episcopal rank :

  • Teotónio de Bragança, Jesuits (S.J.) (1578.07.04 – 1578.12.07) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (1578.06.28 – 1578.12.07); succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (1578.12.07 – death 1602.07.24)
  • Jorge Queimado, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1599.02.01 – ?death) as Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (1599.02.01 – ?)
  • Manuel dos Anjos, Observant? Friars Minor (O.F.M. Obs.) (1621.11.15 – death 1634.10.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of above Évora (Portugal) (1621.11.15 – 1634.10.28)
  • Gabriel ab Annuntiatione, (C.R.S.J.E.) (1640.03.26 – death 1644.03.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of above Évora (Portugal) (1640.03.26 – 1644.03.18)
  • Stanislaus Giannotti, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (C.R.S.A.) (1659.12.01 – death 1681) as Auxiliary Bishop of then (now Kyïv–Žytomyr, Ukraine) (1659.12.01 – 1681)

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