Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea


The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea or Cidonia was a bishopric on Crete, with see at present Chania, and afterward was twice a Latin titular see.

History

The Ancient city of Kydonia on Crete had a bishop no later than the second Byzantine rule, when it was given the modern name of Chania.
The Venetians who conquered Crete firmly established a Latin diocese. It was suppressed only in 1700.

Episcopal ordinaries


;''Suffragan Bishops of Kydonia/Chania
As soon as the residential diocese was suppressed in 1700 it was turned into a Latin titular bishopric under the title of Cydonia.
This was itself suppressed in 1933, having had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal rank, with a single exception of intermediary rank :
Apparently based on the same Cretan historical diocese, another line of titular bishops was started in 1830 under the name Canea.
It was suppressed in 1922 having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal rank :