Diocese of Adraa ( Latin: Dioecesis Adraena ) - the abolished archdiocese of Antioch Orthodox Church , currently the titular archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
| Diocese of Adraa | |
|---|---|
| Dioecesis adraena | |
 Map of the Roman province of Stony Arabia | |
| A country | |
| Date of Abolition | VI century, from 1712 - titular diocese |
Content
History
The ancient city of Adraa (today Daria , Syria ) was located in the Roman province of Rocky Arabia and until the VI century was the center of the eponymous diocese of the Antiochian Patriarchate. The Diocese of Adraa was part of the Metropolitanate of Bosra . In the VI century, the diocese of Adraa ceased to exist due to the Arab invasion.
Since 1712, the Diocese of Adraa has been the titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
Greek Bishops
- Bishop Arabion (mentioned in 359) is a follower of Arianism ;
- Bishop of Uranus (mentioned in 381);
- Bishop Proclus (mentioned in 451);
- Bishop Dorimenius (mentioned in 553).
Titular Bishops
- Bishop Antonius Sellent (2.03.1712 -?);
- Bishop Johann Rudolf von Sporck (02/07/1729 - 01/21/1759);
- Bishop Ignacy Kozierowski CRL [1] (11.22.1762 - 01.26.1791);
- Bishop Pierre-Joseph-Georges Pigneau de Béhaine MEP (09.24.1771 - 10.10.1799);
- Bishop Michał Pałucki (12.19.1791 -?);
- Bishop Jean-André Doussain MEP (07.23.1798 - 12.14.1809);
- Bishop Juan Arciniega (09.23.1816 - 2.01.1835);
- Bishop Jean-Joseph Audemar MEP (1817 - 08/08/1821);
- Bishop Antonio van Dyk (12/11/1846 - 07/13/1848);
- Bishop Joannes van Breugel (01/31/1849 - 01/15/1850);
- Bishop Johannes van Genk (03/22/1850 - 04/25/1868) - appointed Bishop of Breda ;
- Bishop Johann Evangelist Haller (08/14/1874 - 06/26/1890) - appointed Archbishop of Salzburg ;
- Bishop St. Antonino Fantosati OFMRef. (04/05/1892 - 07/07/1900);
- Bishop Oderico Giuseppe Rizzi OFM (01/23/1902 - 03/22/1905);
- Bishop Auguste Prézeau (April 12, 1908 - December 2, 1909);
- Bishop Francisco Javier Vila y Mateu , OFMCap. (08.25.1911 - 5.01.1913);
- Bishop Ramón Zubieta y Les OP (07/04/1913 - 11/19/1921);
- Bishop Joseph Stoffels (11/11/1922 - 10/17/1923);
- Bishop Josef Kupka (04/10/1924 - 10/22/1931) - appointed Bishop of Brno ;
- Bishop Leon Jean Marie De Smedt CICM (12/14/1931 - 04/11/1946) - appointed bishop of Chunli-Sivanzi ;
- Bishop James Holmes-Siedle M.Afr. (07/29/1946 - 03/25/1953) - appointed bishop of Karema ;
- Bishop Richard Lester Guilly SJ (07/18/1954 - 02/29/1956) - appointed bishop of Georgetown ;
- Bishop Elias Mchonde (03.24.1956 - 04.21.1964) - appointed bishop of Mahenge ;
- vacancy since 1964.
Notes
- ↑ see Abbreviations of Catholic Male Monastic Orders and Congregations
Source
- Annuario Pontificio , Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, p. 751, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , Leipzig 1931, p. 435 (lat.)
- Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus , Parigi 1740, Tomo II, coll. 859-860 (lat.)
- Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi , vol. 5 , p. 69; vol. 6 , p. 65; vol. 7, p. 59; vol. 8, p. 76 (lat.)
- La gerarghia cattolica