Titular diocese of Myriophytos

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Myriophytos ( Italian : Miriofido ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Thracia or Europe in the European part of today's Turkey ( Eastern Thrace ). The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province Heraclea Sintica to

Titular Bishops of Myriophytus
No. Surname Office from to
1 Johannes Müllener CM Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen ( China ) September 2, 1715 December 17, 1742
2 Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim Auxiliary Bishop in Trier ( Germany ) December 2, 1748 September 2, 1790
3 Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas Coadjutor Bishop of Panama ( Panama ) April 24, 1845 April 21, 1847
4th Paolo Maria Mondio Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela ( Italy ) March 15, 1852 September 4, 1857
5 Charles Hyacinth Valerga OCD Vicar Apostolic of Quilon ( India ) May 24, 1859 December 24, 1864
6th Bernard-Thadée Petitjean MEP Vicar Apostolic of Japan
Vicar Apostolic of Southern Japan ( Japan )
May 11, 1866 October 7, 1884
7th Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou CM Vicar Apostolic of Southwest Chi-Li
Vicar Apostolic of North Chi-Li (China)
January 16, 1885 April 13, 1899
8th Félix Couturier OP Auxiliary Bishop in Egypt ( Egypt ) March 1919 June 28, 1921
9 Arnoldo Verstraelen SVD Vicar Apostolic of the Lesser Sunda Islands ( Indonesia ) March 13, 1922 March 15, 1932

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