The Archbishop of Nazareth was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

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 during the crusades.

The ancient diocese was located at Scythopolis, known as Bethsan to the crusaders. It was the metropolis of Palaestina Secunda. After Nazareth was captured following the First Crusade

First Crusade

The First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...

, the Greek Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox Church

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 diocese was moved there. and a Roman Catholic archdiocese was established. Among its suffragans were the bishop of Tiberias and the abbot of Mount Tabor

Mount Tabor

-Places:*Mount Tabor, a hill in Israel near Nazareth believed by many to be the site of the Transfiguration of ChristIn the United States:*Mount Tabor, Indiana, an unincorporated community...

. The Catholic archdiocese lasted until Saladin

Saladin

Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...

's conquest of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Jerusalem

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 in 1187, after which it became titular; see under archbishop of Trani. The Greek Orthodox then returned.

Bishops of Scythopolis

• Patrophilus
  Patrophilus of Scythopolis
  Patrophilus was the Arian bishop of Scythopolis in the early-mid 4th century AD. He was an enemy of Athanasius who described him as a πνευματόμαχος or "fighter against the Holy Spirit"...
  
   (4th century)
• Philip
• Athanasius
• Saturninus
• Theodosius
• Acacius
• Servianus (?–452)
• John
• Theodore

Archbishops of Nazareth

• Bernard (c. 1120)
• William (1129–1138)
• Robert (1138–1151)
• Robert II (1151–?)
• Attard (?–1159)
• Letard (1160–1190)
• Nicholas (c. 1230)
• Hugh (c. 1234)
• Henry (1244–1268)
• Guy (?–1298)
• William of St. John (1298–?)
• Peter (c. 1326)
• Peter II (1330–1345)
• William Belvaise (1366–1368)
• John Salamonius (1368–1388)
• John de la Ville (1390–1400)
• Durand ?
• Richard ?
• Maffeo Barberini
  Pope Urban VIII
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   (1604–1606)
• Manuel Villar (1815–1816)
• John Lancaster Spalding (1908–1916)
• Americo Bevilacqua (1918–1926)
• Pranciškus Karevičius, M.I.C. (1926–1945)
• Antonio Tani (1953–1966)
• Saba Youakim, B.S. (1968–1970)
• Joseph Raya
  Joseph Raya
  Joseph Raya , born in Zahlé, Lebanon, was a prominent Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop, theologian, civil rights advocate and author. He served as metropolitan of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee from 1968 until 1974 and was particularly known for his commitment to seeking reconciliation...
  
   (1974–2005)

External links

• Scythopolis (Titular See) from Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Scythopolis from the Catholic Encyclopedia
  Catholic Encyclopedia
  The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and the last three volumes appeared in 1912, followed by a master index...