Titular diocese of Paphus
Paphus is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church that refers to the ancient city of Paphos in Cyprus . Paphos is also the seat of the Metropolitan of Paphos of the Cypriot Orthodox Church .
Paphos is also called in the New Testament of the Bible, so it says in the Acts of the Apostles: "After they had crossed the whole island to Paphos, they met the False Prophet Barjesus ." ( Acts 13.6 EU )
| Titular Bishops of Paphus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aloisio Cornelio | June 30, 1589 | ||
| 2 | Luca Antonio Gigli | Coadjutor Bishop of Alatri ( Italy ) | November 17, 1597 | December 1597 |
| 3 |
Tommaso Piolatto CRL (Tommaso Biolato) |
Coadjutor Bishop of Fossano (Italy) | July 18, 1605 | 1606 |
| 4th | Giuseppe Delfino | Coadjutor Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) | May 2, 1616 | |
| 5 | Pietro di Vespa OCarm | July 16, 1629 | ||
| 6th | Giovanni Battista di Todi, OFM | July 19, 1660 | July 31, 1666 | |
| 7th | Arsenio Sassi di Menaggio OFM | November 14, 1667 | 1670 | |
| 8th | Leonardo Paoli di Camaiore, OFM | May 27, 1675 | July 6, 1684 | |
| 9 | Michał Szembek |
Auxiliary Bishop in Krakow ( Poland-Lithuania ) |
September 13, 1706 | 1726 |
| 10 | Adam Dwerditsch | Auxiliary Bishop in Vienna ( Austria ) | July 17, 1775 | February 8, 1778 |
| 11 | Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch and Panthen | Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau ( Kingdom of Prussia ) | June 25, 1781 | April 21, 1805 |
| 12 | Ferdinando Mattei | December 23, 1805 | September 18, 1807 | |
| 13 | Hilarión Alcázar OP | Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of East Tonking / Apostolic Vicar of East Tonking ( Vietnam ) | September 5, 1848 | October 15, 1870 |
| 14th | Pasquale Guerini | Auxiliary Bishop in Bar (Antivari) ( Montenegro ) | May 6, 1879 | November 23, 1886 |
| 15th | Mathurin Picarda CSSp | Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia ( Senegal ) | July 19, 1887 | January 22, 1889 |
| 16 | Karl Marbach | Auxiliary Bishop in Strasbourg | June 4, 1891 | October 15, 1916 |
| 17th | Antoon Stillemans | Bishop emeritus of Ghent ( Belgium ) | 1916 | November 9, 1916 |
| 18th | Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont CSSp | Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion ( France ) | March 22, 1917 | December 26, 1919 |
| 19th | Anton Podlaha | Auxiliary Bishop in Prague ( Czechoslovakia ) | March 8, 1920 | February 14, 1932 |
| 20th | Laurenz Matthias Vincenz | Coadjutor Bishop of Chur ( Switzerland ) | March 30, 1932 | May 6, 1932 |
| 21st | Joseph Fan Heng-nfan | Vicar Apostolic of Tsining ( Republic of China ) | January 10, 1933 | April 11, 1946 |
| 22nd | Benjamin Ibberson Webster | Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough ( Canada ) | September 24, 1946 | April 24, 1954 |
| 23 | Jeremiah Francis Minihan | Auxiliary Bishop in Boston ( USA ) | May 21, 1954 | August 14, 1973 |