Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete

Diocese of Crete Dioecesis Candiensis Επισκοπή Κρήτης
Location
Country	Greece
Ecclesiastical province	Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
Metropolitan	Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos
Statistics
Area	8,393 km² (3,241 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 512,000 5,000 (1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1213 (As Archdiocese of Candia) 28 August 1874 (As Diocese of Crete)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption, Chania
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede Vacante
Apostolic Administrator	Petros Stefanou

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete (Latin: Dioecesis Candiensis) is a diocese located on the island of Crete in the Ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece.

Roman Catholic presence on the island of Crete dates to its conquest by the Republic of Venice in the years after the Fourth Crusade (1204), and its establishment as a Venetian colony in 1212. Immediately after that, the first Latin Rite Archbishop of Crete was appointed, with a succession of holders until the Ottoman conquest of the island in the Cretan War (1645–69). Thereafter the see remained vacant, until re-established as a simple bishopric on 28 August 1874, initially a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Izmir, but today a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.