- Archbishop of Tyre
The Archbishop of Tyre was one of the major suffragans of the
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during theCrusade s and was established to serve the Catholic members of the diocese.Tyre was one of the most ancient dioceses in
Christianity . The original Diocese of Tyre was part of the Province ofAntioch and was subject to thePatriarch of Antioch . Following the schism betweenRome andConstantinople in 1054, the congregation followed theEastern Orthodox rite. However, when theCrusade rs conquered Tyre, arguments over who had the right to appoint the suffragan fell in favor of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox bishop fled to Constantinople.Tyre was made part of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem , rather than the separatePrincipality of Antioch further to the north, and it was claimed by theLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem , against the claim of theLatin Patriarch of Antioch . The diocese was also raised to anarchdiocese . Traditionally the Patriarch of Jerusalem would have first served as the archbishop of Tyre, or of Caesarea. The most notable archbishop of Tyre was the historianWilliam of Tyre , who served from 1175 to 1185.After the recapture of Tyre by the Crusaders the Christian community grew and the city experienced an economic resurgence. In 1187 Tyre was the only city remaining in crusader hands after
Saladin 's invasion, and the city was at one point considered as the new capital of the Kingdom when the Crusaders were unable to recaptureJerusalem . Despite losing that appellation to Acre, the city remained the site of the coronation of the king, and the archbishop was given the responsibility of officiating and sanctifying the coronation. However, starting withSultan Baibars in 1254, theIslamic chieftains declaredjihad on the Crusaders and slowly started exterminating the remaining Christian communities on the coastlands. The last archbishops, John and Bonacourt, devoted their rule to forestalling the Mamluk conquest, attempting to obtain the freedom of enslaved Christians, caring for refugees, and preparing for the coming assault.The city was captured by the
Mamluk s in 1291, after a long siege. The city was mostly evacuated by the time the Mamluks arrived, but the remaining population, including the archbishop, was killed or enslaved. The cathedrals and churches were torn down, and the archdiocese became titular; only in the 18th and 19th centuries was a new archbishop appointed to protect the newly-restored pilgrim routes.Bishops of Tyre
*Cassius (c. 190)
*Marinus (c. 250)
*Tyrannius
*Paulinus
*Irenaeus (?-449)
*Photius
*John Codonatus
*ThomasArchbishops of Tyre
*Eudes (?-1124)
*William (1127-1130)
*Fulk (1130-1146)
*Raoul (1146; his election was disputed and he was never consecrated)
*Peter (1146-1164)
*Frederick (1164-1174)
*William of Tyre (1175-1186)
*Joscius (c. 1186-c. 1198)
*"unknown; some later archbishops were possibly appointed in Europe after the fall of Jerusalem"
*Simon (1217-1227)
*Peter of Sergines (?-1253?)
*Nicholas Larcat (c. 1253?)
*Gilles (1253-1266)
*John (?-1272?)
*Bonacourt (?-1290?)
*Joseph Simon Assemani (titular, 18th century)
*Annibale della Genga (titular, 1793-1816)
*Giacomo Giustiniani (1817-1826)
*Domenico Maria Jacobini (1881-1896)
*Franz Xavier Nagl (1910-1911, laterArchbishop of Vienna )
*Vittorio Ranuzzi de' Bianchi (1911-1916)
*Rodolfo Caroli (1917-1921)
*Pietro Benedetti (1921-1930)
*Egidio Lari (1931-1965)
*Bruno Wüstenberg (1966-1984)uffragans
The archdiocese included a number of suffragan bishops:
*bishop of
Beirut
*bishop ofSidon
*bishop ofBanyas
*bishop of Acre A notable bishop of Acre was the chronicler
Jacques de Vitry .External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15109a.htm Tyre] from the
Catholic Encyclopedia
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3t40.html Tyrus (Titular See)] from Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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