After to the seventh century conquest of Cyprus by the Islamic Arabs, the Greek Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salamina-Costanza transferred its see to Famagosta, until the Catholic crusaders conquered Cyprus in 1191, and relegated the Greek Metropolitanate to a marginal part, confining it to Carpasia.
Nel 1291 il vescovo ed il capitolo di Tortosa, in Siria, città conquistata dagli Arabi, si rifugiarono a Famagosta; con una bolla di papa Bonifacio VIII del 1295, la diocesi latina di Tortosa fu unita a quella di Famagosta.
It was suppressed in 1571 after the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1570, its Cypriot territory being reassigned to Titular Patriarchal See of Jerusalem, but immediately transformed as Titular See of Famagosta (Italiano) / Famagosta antea Arsinoë in ins. Cypri (latine)). Its former cathedral, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, was transformed into the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque
In 1933 it was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Famagusta (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Famagustan(us) (Latin adjective)
Mark, O.P. (14 October 1328 – 1346), died in office
Itier of Nabinaux = Iterio di Nabinal, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (26 June 1346 – ?death? ??); previously Bishop of Limassol (1344.11.03 – 1346.06.26)
Leodegar (Léger) of Nabinaux (14 August 1348 – ????), died in office
Arnaud (17 December 1365 – 13 July 1379), transferred to the diocese of Lombez
Francesco Rafardi, O.F.M. (13 July 1379 – 28 May 1380), elect, never consecrated, transferred to the diocese of Segorbe
James (28 May 1380 – ????), elect, died before consecrated
Goffredo (30 July 1384 – ????)
Rainaldo
Bertrando d'Alagno (12 October 1390 – 4 January 1391), transferred to the diocese of Gubbio
Raffaele (12 October 1390 – ????)
(un?)canonical Pietro Marinaco, O.F.M., previously Anti-bishop of Diocese of Sospel (27 August 1392 - 4 September 1409), obedient to the schismatic Papacy of Avignon
Luchino (2 October 1395 – ????), died in office
Luciano Lercaro (3 August 1403 – 26 September 1407), died in office
Pietro, O.F.M. (4 September 1409 – ????), died in office
Giovanni di Montenegro, O.F.M. (26 May 1412 – ????), anti-bishop, died in office
Gioachino Torselli, Servite Order (O.S.M.) (14 May 1414 – ????), died in office
Nicola di Tenda, Dominican Order (O.P.) (20 December 1417 – ????), died in office
Giacomo Guastandenghi, O.P. (23 January 1441 – ????), died in office
Giovanni, O.S.B. (23 May 1442 – ????), died in office
Agostino, O.Cist. (11 May 1450 – ????), died in office
Domenico Michiel, O.P. (23 July 1455 – ????), died in office
Pietro, O.Carm. (11 May 1472 – ????), died in office
Francesco de Pernisiis de Saona, O.F.M. (31 March 1473 – ????), died in office
Pietro Milite (2 June 1477 – ????)
Francesco Marcelli (14 June 1481 – 22 October 1488), transferred to the diocese of Traù
?Coadjutor BishopGerolamo Ragazzoni (15 Jan 1561 – see suppressed 1571 - transferred 10 Dec 1572), no titular see; next transferred, due to the Ottoman conquest in 1571, Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Kisamos (Crete, insular Greece) (1572.12.10 – 1576.09.19), Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1576.09.19 – 1577.07.19), Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1577.07.19 – death 1592.03.17), also papal diplomat : Apostolic Nuncio (ambassador) to France (1583 – resigned? 1586).
Titular see
Titular Archbishop: Giuseppe Schiavini (1963.06.28 – 1974.04.01)
Domenico Bernareggi (1945.06.16 – 1962.10.22)
Ettore Castelli (1943.05.08 – 1945.05.03)
Paolo Castiglioni (1937.01.12 – 1943.03.19)
Giovanni Mauri (1904.11.14 – 1936.11.13)
Federico Domenico Sala (1903.01.23 – 1903.12.05)
Angelo Maria Meraviglia Mantegazza (1897.04.24 – 1902.09.26)
Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 439
Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, pp. 244–245; vol. 2, p. 152; vol. 3, p. 194; vol. 4, p. 184; vol. 5, p. 198; vol. 6, pp. 212–213
L'évêché de Famagouste, in Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1913, pp. 454–463
John Hackett, A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Methuen & co., London 1901, pp. 577–587
Siméon Vailhé, v. Famagusta, Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. V, New York 1909
H. Rudt de Collenberg Wipertus, État et origine du haut clergé de Chypre avant le Grand Schisme d'après les Registres des Papes du XIII et du XIV siècle, in Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome, vol. 91, n. 1, 1979, pages 197–332 (notably pp. 202, 212-214, 223-225, 274-277, 287-288, 302-304)
H. Rudt de Collenberg Wipertus, Le royaume et l'Église de Chypre face au Grand Schisme (1378-1417) d'après les Registres des Archives du Vatican, in Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome, vol. 94, n. 2, 1982, pp. 621–701 (notably pages 647-651, 654-655)
