Titular Archdiocese of Achrida
The Archdiocese of Achrida ( Italian arcidiocesi di Acrida , Latin Archidioecesis Achridensis ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
Today's city of Ohrid ( Cyrillic Охрид, Albanian Ohri or Ohër , Greek Αχρίδα Achrida ) is a city and a municipality in southwest Macedonia , on the eastern bank of Lake Ohrid . The predecessor was the ancient city of Lychnidos , here is also the cornerstone of the Archdiocese of Ohrid .
| Titular Archbishops of Achrida | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basilio Matranga OSB | October 7, 1726 | 1748 | |
| 2 | Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè OFM |
Vicar Apostolic of Santo Domingo ( Dominican Republic ) Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople ( Ottoman Empire ) |
March 8, 1871 | April 3, 1876 |
| 3 | Andrea Aiuti |
Apostolic Delegate in India Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
March 31, 1887 | June 12, 1893 |
| 4th | Raffaele d'Ambrosio OFM | Old Archbishop of Tirana-Durrës ( Ottoman Empire ) | July 14, 1893 | |
| 5 | Michael Kelly | Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney ( Australia ) | July 16, 1901 | August 17, 1911 |
| 6th | Giuseppe Rockossian OCD | August 27, 1911 | ||
| 7th | Angel María Pérez y Cecilia OCD | Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly ( British India ) | June 18, 1915 | October 18, 1918 |
| 8th | Jan Feliks Cieplak |
Auxiliary Bishop in Mahiljou Apostolic Administrator in Mahiljou ( Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic ) |
March 28, 1919 | December 14, 1925 |
| 9 | Cleto Cassani | Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari ( Kingdom of Italy ) | July 1, 1929 | March 11, 1939 |
| 10 | Alexandre Vachon | Coadjutor Archbishop of Ottawa ( Canada ) | December 11, 1939 | May 22, 1940 |
| 11 | Emile Maurice Guerry | Coadjutor Archbishop of Cambrai ( France ) | May 31, 1940 | 2nd December 1952 |
| 12 | José Humberto Quintero Parra | Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida ( Venezuela ) | September 7, 1953 | August 31, 1960 |
| 13 | Miguel Paternain CSsR | Former Bishop of Florida ( Uruguay ) | September 21, 1960 | 19th October 1970 |
| 14th | Mario Schierano | Military Archbishop of Italy ( Italy ) | August 28, 1971 | October 28, 1990 |
| 15th | Varkey Vithayathil CSsR | Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly ( India ) | November 11, 1996 | April 19, 1997 |