the Greek Catholics began to be called "Franks" (Greek Φράγκοι). This name of local Catholics came from the Latin faith professed by the Franks. Orthodox Greeks, distinguishing themselves from the Franks, called themselves the "Romans" (Greek Ρωμαιοι), identifying themselves with the Byzantine Empire, which considered itself the successor to the Roman Empire. After the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the residence of the Latin patriarch with 12 dioceses subordinate to him was established in Constantinople. In 1205, Pope Innocent III established the Latin Archdiocese in Athens. Other Latin church structures were established at the same time. In Greece, various Western monastic orders also operated. After the conquest of Byzantium by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 in Greece, the activity of the Latin structures gradually ceased and the dioceses of the Latin rite became titular. At the same time, until the 18th century, there were numerous Venetian colonies in Greece, which possessed considerable freedom. In 1830, a gradual restoration of Latin Church hierarchy began in Greece. That year, Pope Gregory XVI established the first Latin Church hierarchy, which was called the apostolic delegate. In 1834, Bishop Blancis was appointed apostolic delegate and the Holy See entrusted him with the care of Latin Catholics living in Greece. On July 23, 1875, Pope Pius IX established the archdiocese of Athens and the Peloponnese. In 1856, a community of Greek Eastern Catholics was formed in Constantinople, which became the basis of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church. In 1979, the Holy See established diplomatic relations with Greece. Popes from Greece Pope Hyginus Pope Eleutherius Pope Sixtus II Bishops' Conference The Bishops' Conference of Greece (Hiera Synodos Katholikis Hierarkhias Hellados) has six members: The archbishop of Corfu and apostolic administrator of Thessaloniki The archbishop of Naxos and Tinos and apostolic administrator of Chios The archbishop of Athens and apostolic administrator of Rhodes The bishop of Syros and Santorini and apostolic administrator of Crete The exarch of the Greek Catholics of Byzantine Rite (based in Athens) The ordinary of the Armenian Catholics (based in Athens) Papal representatives to Greece Organization Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athens Archdiocese of Rhodos Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante and Cefalonia Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos Diocese of Chios Diocese of Crete Diocese of Santorini Diocese of Syros and Milos Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki Dioceses Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos - Tinos Greek (Byzantine) Catholic Exarchate