Titular Archdiocese of Amasea
Amasea is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the city of the same name in the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus or Diospontus and in late antiquity Helenopontus on the Turkish Black Sea coast near Sinop .
| Titular Archbishops of Amasea | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Battista Agucchia | November 19, 1623 | 1632 | |
| 2 |
Fausto Poli Cardinal |
March 14, 1633 | May 23, 1644 | |
| 3 | Francesco de 'Marini | Bishop emeritus of Molfetta ( Kingdom of Naples ) | January 19, 1671 | April 27, 1676 |
| 4th | Ferdinando D'Adda | Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of England | March 3, 1687 | February 13, 1690 |
| 5 | Agostino Cusani | April 2, 1696 | October 14, 1711 | |
| 6th | Fabritius Aurelius de Agostini | October 5, 1712 | December 6, 1712 | |
| 7th | Joannes Christophorus Battelli | October 5, 1716 | July 30, 1725 | |
| 8th | Giovanni Battista Gamberucci | September 5, 1725 | November 28, 1738 | |
| 9 | Jean-Paul-Gaston de Pins | Apostolic Administrator of Lyon-Vienne ( Kingdom of France / French Republic ) | May 3, 1824 | November 30, 1850 |
| 10 | Jean-Baptiste Pompallier | Bishop Emeritus of Auckland ( New Zealand ) | April 19, 1869 | December 21, 1871 |
| 11 | Silvestre Guevara y Lira | Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela ( Venezuela ) | January 9, 1877 | February 20, 1882 |
| 12 | José Macchi | Auxiliary Bishop in Palestrina ( Kingdom of Italy ) | April 3, 1889 | August 19, 1897 |
| 13 | Paul Rubian | Auxiliary Bishop in Rome (Kingdom of Italy) | February 24, 1900 | April 16, 1911 |
| 14th | Bertram Orth | Archbishop Emeritus of Victoria ( Canada ) | October 1, 1908 | February 10, 1931 |
| 15th | František Kordač | Archbishop Emeritus of Prague ( Czechoslovakia ) | July 21, 1931 | April 26, 1934 |
| 16 | Gustavo Testa | Curia Archbishop | June 4, 1934 | December 14, 1959 |
| 17th | Gaetano Malchiodi | Apostolic Administrator of Loreto ( Italy ) | January 26, 1960 | January 22, 1965 |
| 18th | James Patrick Carroll | Auxiliary Bishop in Sydney ( Australia ) | October 15, 1965 | January 14, 1995 |