Residential bishopric The
bishopric (at the time called Absorus) was founded circa 600, possibly even as early as the 6th century, as a
suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Late
Roman province Dalmatia Inferior's capital
Salona (later of
Split). The first bishop of the see whose name is known was Dominicus, from the last third of the 9th century. It has also been called Absor and Lusin. From 1146, the diocese was a
suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of
Zadar/Zara. Its cathedral, the
Church of the Assumption, was built between 1463 and 1497. In 1621, the area was occupied by the
Ottoman Empire but held only for a short time. During this period, Christians from the area traveled to
Šibenik to fulfil their Easter duty of Confession and Communion. In 1828, Absorus ceased to be a residential see and its territory was integrated to that of the Croatian
diocese of Krk. ;
Suffragan Bishops of Osor (all
Roman Rite;
very incomplete : first centuries unavailable) • ... • Lovro (1042? – 1059), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Salona (Croatia) (1059 – 1099) • Michele,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1290? – ?) • Giacomo (? – ?) • Angelo, O.F.M. (2 October 1295 – 1300?) • Bonifacio (1315? – ?) • Guglielmo (1325? – ?) • Cipriano (1335? – death 1337?) • Crisogono (6 January 1343 – ?) • Martino (8 March 1346 – ?) • Matteo Cernota (29 October 1347 – 19 July 1357), later Bishop of
Šibenik (Croatia) (1357.07.19 – ?) • Bonifacio (19 July 1357 – ?), previously Bishop of
Trebinje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (? – 6 February 1344), Bishop of
Šibenik (Croatia) (6 February 1344 – 19 July 1357) • Michele da Zara, O.F.M. (17 June 1374 – ?) • Tommaso (? – ?) • Pactius (1390? – ?) • Mauro Rassoli (17 May 1399 – death 1410?) • Isidoro,
Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (19 November 1410 – 1411) • Vito da Cherso, O.F.M. (24 October 1412 – ?) • Pietro Leon (6 February 1436 – 4 June 1445), later Bishop of
Ceneda (Italy) (4 June 1445 – 1474) • Simone de Valle (9 June 1445 – ?), was an auditor in the case of John Myssenden Vicar of Leatherhead against the Priory of Leeds near Maidstone in 1446. The Register of Letters to England, Scotland and Ireland reports the case • Domenico (28 July 1449 – ?) • Antonio di Pago (12 January 1451 – 29 March 1471), later Bishop of
Kotor (Montenegro) (29 March 1471 – ?) • Marco Negro (29 March 1471 – death 20 July 1485), previously Bishop of
Kotor (Montenegro) (7 November 1459 – 29 March 1471) • Giovanni Robobello (5 November 1485 – 6 January 1491), later Bishop of
Feltre (Italy) (6 January 1491 – 19 December 1494), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Zadar (Zara) (Croatia) (19 December 1494 – 1503) • Giovanni Giusto (6 January 1491 – ?) • Andrea Corner (6 November 1512 – death 1514) • Giovanni Battista Garzoni (1514 – death 1516) • Andrea Peveraro (24 July 1517 – death 1527) • Antonio de Cappo (26 December 1527 – death 1553) • Marco Fedeli-Gonzaga (1553 – 1 December 1574), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Bishop of Osor (? – 1553); later Bishop of
Mantova (Mantua)) (Italy) (1 December 1574 – death 29 September 1583) • Coriolano Garzadoro (19 January 1575 – 1614) • Ottaviano Garzadoro (17 March 1614 – death 1633) • Marc'Antonio Verità (18 July 1633 – death 15 October 1650) •
Giovanni de Rossi (10 November 1653 – death 1667), previously Bishop of
Kefalonia–Zakynthos (insular Greece; 3 December 1640 – 10 July 1645),
Bishop of Chiron (10 July 1645 – 10 November 1653) • Matteo Scrivanelli (3 August 1667 – death December 1672) • Simone Gaudenti (30 January 1673 – death September 1719) • Nicolò Drasich (16 September 1720 – death December 1737) • Giovanni Ferro (19 December 1738 – death 27 May 1742) • Mate Karaman (9 July 1742 – 22 November 1745), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Zadar (Zara) (Croatia) (22 November 1745 – death 7 May 1771) • Niccolò Dinarico (Dinarić) (22 November 1745 – 3 January 1757), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Salona (Croatia) (3 January 1757 – 1764) • Bonaventura Bernardi (3 January 1757 – death 21 February 1781) • Simone Spalatin (25 June 1781 – death 10 February 1798), previously Bishop of
Korcula (13 March 1775 – 25 June 1781) • Francesco Pietro Raccamarich (20 July 1801 – 21 January 1815), previously Bishop of
Kotor (Montenegro) (27 June 1796 – death 20 July 1801)
Titular see It is today listed by the
Catholic Church as a since 1933, when the diocese was nominally restored as a
titular bishopric Osor, also named
Absorus in Latin and
Ossore in Curiate Italian. It has had the following incumbents of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank : • Titular Bishop Karl Moser (9 July 1969 – 29 September 1991), as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Wien (Vienna) (Austria) (9 July 1969 – 29 June 1991) • Titular Bishop Peter Henrici (4 March 1993 – ...),
Jesuits (S.J.), Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of
Chur (Switzerland) == References ==