Roman Catholic Diocese of Termia

The Diocese of Termia or Diocese of Thermae or Diocese of Thermia was a Latin Catholic crusader bishopric located in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. It was originally established as the Diocese of Ceo in 1330, before being renamed in 1600. The diocese was reestablished as a titular see in 1933 under the name Titular Episcopal See of Cea.

History

The diocese in the Cyclades was first established in 1330 as the Diocese of Ceo, part of the Venetian Duchy of Naxos, on the island of Kea. In 1600, the bishopric was moved from Kea to Kythnos, and the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Thermia. Ordinaries of the diocese observed Roman Rite.
In 1650, the Cyclades were conquered by the Ottoman Empire and the diocese's activities were suppressed. The diocese was nominally restored as the Titular Episcopal See of Cea in 1933, and remains listed as such today.

Ordinaries

''Suffragan Bishops of Ceo''

Nicolò
Pietro, Dominican Order
Princivalle, Friars Minor
Simone da Arezzo, O.F.M.
Giorgio
Francesco da Venezia, O.F.M.
Francesco Barberi
Francesco, O.F.M., later Bishop of Naxos
Giovanni di Sicilia, O.F.M.
Nicolò
Pietro
Gómez
Giorgio Barozzi
Giovanni Zotto
Dionisio Zannettini, O.F.M., later Bishop of Milopotamus
Costantino Giustianiani, O.P.
Giovanni de Gaona, Canons Regular of saint Augustine
Giacomo Rocca

''Suffragan Bishops of Termia''

Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Naxos

''Latin Catholic titular see of Cea''

Since the diocese's nominal restoration in 1933, under the name Cea, it has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal rank, but is vacant since decades:

James Thomas O’Dowd
José Clemente Maurer, Redemptorists, as Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre, created Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana , President of Episcopal Conference of Bolivia
Father Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto, Capuchin Friars
Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey.