Titular Diocletianopolis in Palestine
Diocletianopolis in Palestine ( Italian : Dioclezianopoli di Palestina ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric of the ancient city of Diocletianopolis in the Roman province of Syria Palestine or Palestine Prima , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Caesarea in Palestine .
| Titular Bishops of Diocletianopolis in Palestine | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basil Bosicskovich OSBM | September 4, 1759 | June 23, 1777 | |
| 2 | Simon Quinn |
Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne ( Ireland ) Coadjutor Bishop of Ross (Ireland) |
17th August 1779 | December 3, 1787 |
| 3 | Johann Michael Josef from Pidoll de Quitenbach | Auxiliary Bishop in Trier ( Germany ) | February 21, 1794 | May 9, 1802 |
| 4th | Francisco Spolverini | Auxiliary Bishop in Sabina ( Italy ) | July 3, 1826 | February 20, 1835 |
| 5 | Johann Michael Leonhard |
Military Ordinary of Austria-Hungary ( Austria-Hungary ) |
February 1, 1836 | 1834 |
| 6th | James Whelan OP | Emeritus Bishop of Nashville ( USA ) | February 12, 1864 | February 18, 1878 |
| 7th | Anton Johann Zerr | Auxiliary Bishop in Tiraspol ( Russia ) | March 15, 1883 | December 30, 1889 |
| 8th |
Fedele Abbati OFM (Fedele Abati) |
emeritus bishop in Chios ( Ottoman Empire ) | June 6, 1890 | |
| 9 | Antônio Augusto de Assis | Auxiliary Bishop in Mariana ( Brazil ) | August 2, 1918 | February 24, 1922 |
| 10 | Gerard Vesters MSC | Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul ( New Guinea ) | February 16, 1923 | August 30, 1954 |
| 11 | Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas | Auxiliary Bishop in Asunción ( Paraguay ) | February 15, 1957 | 4th December 1965 |