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'''Narona''' {{IPAc-en|n|ə|ˈ|r|oʊ|n|ə}} ({{langx|grc|Ναρῶνα}}) was an Ancient Greek trading post on the Illyrian coast and later [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] city and bishopric, located in the [[Neretva]] valley in present-day [[Vid, Croatia]], which remains a Latin Catholic [[titular see]].
== History ==
It was founded as a Greek [[Marketplace|emporium]] in c. 3rd/2nd century BC. First time it is mentioned in the chapter 24 of the [[Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax]].<ref>[https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante06/Skylax/sky_p001.html Pseudo Scylax, Periplus, §24]</ref> Narona became the major Roman stronghold in the 1st century BC.<ref>Pliny, ''Historia Naturalis'' 3.142; G.Alföldy, ''Bevölkerung und Gesellschaft der römischen Provinz Dalmatien'' (Budapest 1965) p. 135; J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia (London 1969) p. 160.</ref> It was part of the [[Roman province of Dalmatia]]. In the 6th century AD, it came under [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rule. The settlement ceased to be in 7th century after the arrival of [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] tribes in the region.
== Ecclesiastical history ==
* In 530 was established a '''Diocese of Narona''' (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Naronen(sis) (Latin adjective), apparently [[suffragan]] of the Metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Salona]] (now Split).
* In 533 it lost territories to establish the [[Diocese of Makarska]] and the [[Diocese of Sarsenterum]]
* In 600 it was suppressed, the city being ruined, its territory being merged into the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik|Diocese of Ragusa]].
The only recorded bishop was
* Marcello (530? – 533?), who attended councils of bishops at Salona in both named years.<ref>C. L. de Voinovitch, Histoire de la Dalmatie, 2008, p. 219.</ref>
=== Titular see ===
It was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin [[Titular bishopric]] of Narona.
It has had the following incumbents, mostly of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, ''with an archiepiscopal exception'' :
* Leo Pietsch (1948.08.27 – death 1981.09.30) as [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Graz–Seckau|Graz–Seckau]] ([[Austria]]) (1948.08.27 – 1967) and on emeritate
*Titular Archbishop: John Bulaitis (born England, UK) (1981.11.21 – 2010.12.25) as papal diplomat : [[Apostolic Pro-Nuncio]] to Republic of Congo (1981.11.21 – 1987.07.11), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic (1981.11.21 – 1987.07.11), Apostolic Delegate to Chad (1981.11.21 – 1987.07.11), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran (1987.07.11 – 1991.11.30), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea (1991.11.30 – 1997.03.25), [[Apostolic Nuncio]] (ambassador) to Mongolia (1992.09.08 – 1997.03.25), Apostolic Nuncio to Albania (1997.03.25 – 2008.07.26); died 2010
*  Helmut Karl Dieser (2011.02.24 – 2016.09.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]] (western [[Germany]]) (2011.02.24 – 2016.09.23); later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen|Aachen]] (Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany) (2016.09.23 – ...)
* Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (2016.10.31 – ...), as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey|Monterrey]] ([[Mexico]]) (2016.10.31 – ...).
== Archeology ==
[[File:Muzej narona.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Archaeological museum Narona]]
In 1995 a [[Roman temple]] building was discovered, which had been dedicated by the governor [[Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10)|Dolabella]] and contained statues of the emperors  [[Claudius]] and [[Vespasian]], as well as two of [[Augustus]] and his wife [[Livia]]. The statues had been vandalized in the 4th century: they were lying on the floor and their heads had been broken off. The heads of Vespasian and one of the Livias had been acquired in the surrounding area by [[Sir Arthur Evans|Arthur Evans]] in 1878. The heads were thus reunited with their bodies. The famous Roman statues have toured major [[Europe]]an museums.
A cathedral and at least two more churches were dug up.
== See also ==
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia]]
* [[Dalmatia]]
* [[List of ancient cities in Illyria]]
* [[Salona]]
== References ==
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== Sources and external links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140224165257/http://www.a-m-narona.hr/en/ Archeological Museum of Narona -Vid Croatia]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1225.htm GCatholic - former & titular bishopric]
* Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p.&nbsp;410
* Nuovo bullettino di archeologia cristiana, 1906, p.&nbsp;211
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