Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Maritima

Alba Maritima (Italian: Alba Marittima) is a Catholic titular see. It corresponds to current Biograd na Moru in Croatia.^[1] Its last titular was archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta, until he was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz.

History

The titular see refers to the diocese of Zaravecchia (Biograd), and it is also known with the name of Alba Marittima,^[2] in Dalmatia, built in the 11th century; when the city was destroyed bishops moved their titular see to Scardona.

From the 20th century Alba Marittima has been restored as a full Titular see.

Titular bishops and archbishops

• Matthaeus Berniacovich, O.F.M. (20 December 1675 – 10 January 1707 )
• Lucas Natale (24 January 1709 Appointed – 19 January 1720 died)
• Anton von Thurn und Valsassina † (23 December 1729 – 2 March 1733)
• Sandor Bodonyi (17 November 1806 – 1812 died)
• Michael Johann Wagner (27 April 1833 – 1 February 1836 )
• Giovanni Battista Krapàc (20 January 1904 – 24 May 1910 )
• Dominik Premus (26 February 1915 – 27 March 1934 died)^[3]
• Frederick Hall, M.H.M. (9 April 1948 – 25 March 1953 nominated archbishop of Kisumu)
• François-Marie Picaud (5 August 1954 – 29 March 1960 Died)
• Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (20 April 1960 – 28 June 1972 nominated bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg)
• Francesco Monterisi (24 December 1982 – 20 November 2010 nominated cardinal deacon of San Paolo alla Regola)
• Celso Morga Iruzubieta (29 December 2010 – 8 October 2014 nominated archbishop coadjutor of Mérida-Badajoz)
• Augusto Paolo Lojudice, from 6 March 2015
• Giovanni Gaspari (21 September 2020 – present)