Bishop of Acre
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The Bishop of Acre was a suffragan bishop
of the Crusader Archbishop of Tyre
. Acre is present-day Akko.
Suffragan bishop
A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Crusader Archbishop of Tyre
Archbishop of Tyre
The Archbishop of Tyre was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the Crusades and was established to serve the Roman Catholic members of the diocese....
. Acre is present-day Akko.
List of bishops of Acre
- Hugh of le Mans?
- c.1150 Frederick, Archbishop of TyreFrederick, Archbishop of TyreFrederick de la Roche was the sixth Latin archbishop of Tyre , chancellor of the kingdom of Jerusalem , and the chief diplomat of King Amalric I...
- William
- 1172 Joscius, Archbishop of TyreJoscius, Archbishop of TyreJoscius was Archbishop of Tyre in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the late 12th century.He was a canon and subdeacon of the church of Acre, and became Bishop of Acre on November 23, 1172. He was a member of the delegation from the Latin church of the Crusader states at the Third Lateran...
- c. 1187 Rufinus, killed at the Battle of HattinBattle of HattinThe Battle of Hattin took place on Saturday, July 4, 1187, between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the forces of the Ayyubid dynasty....
- John of Noyon, chancellor to Baldwin IX of Flanders, during the Fourth CrusadeFourth CrusadeThe Fourth Crusade was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire...
- c. 1208 Florent
- 1216-1228 Jacques de VitryJacques de VitryJacques de Vitry was a theologian chronicler and cardinal from 1229 – 40.He was born in central France and studied at the University of Paris, becoming a regular canon in 1210 at the church of Saint-Nicolas d'Oignies in the Diocese of Liège, a post he maintained until 1216...
- Ralph