The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea or Cidonia (Cydonia /sɪˈdoʊniə/) was a bishopric on Crete, with see at present Chania, and afterward was twice a Latin titular see.
The Venetians (and shortly the Genoans) who conquered Crete firmly established a Latin diocese.
- lacking first century; all Roman Rite) As soon as the residential diocese was suppressed in 1700 it was turned into a Latin titular bishopric under the title of Cydonia (or Cidonia in Curiate Italian).
This was itself suppressed in 1933, having had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with a single exception of intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank: Apparently based on the same Cretan historical diocese, another line of titular bishops was started in 1830 under the name Canea (also Agia in Italian).
It was suppressed in 1922 having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :