Titular diocese of Telmissus
Telmissus ( Italian : Telmisso ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former diocese of the ancient city of Telmessos in the Asia Minor landscape of Lycia in the southwest of today's Turkey and belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Myra .
| Titular Bishops of Telmissus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Gregory Sharrock OSB | Apostolic Koadjutorvikar the Western District Vicar Apostolic of the Western District ( UK ) |
September 30, 1779 | October 17, 1809 |
| 2 | Jean-Jacques Lartigue PSS | Auxiliary Bishop in Québec ( Canada ) | February 1, 1820 | May 13, 1836 |
| 3 | Ignace Bourget | Coadjutor Bishop of Montréal (Canada) | March 10, 1837 | April 19, 1840 |
| 4th | Matthias Pollitzer | Auxiliary Bishop in Vienna ( Austria ) | June 19, 1843 | September 12, 1850 |
| 5 | Etienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou MEP | Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore ( India ) | April 30, 1874 | November 25, 1886 |
| 6th | Nicholas Chrysostom Matz | Coadjutor Bishop of Denver ( USA ) | August 16, 1887 | July 10, 1889 |
| 7th | Johannes Hofman OFM | Vicar Apostolic of South Shanxi ( Chinese Empire / Republic of China ) | April 24, 1891 | October 26, 1917 |
| 8th | Boleslaw Twardowski | Auxiliary Bishop in Lviv ( Ukraine ) | September 14, 1918 | August 3, 1923 |
| 9 | Jean-Camille Costes | Coadjutor Bishop of Angers ( France ) | April 3, 1924 | February 9, 1940 |
| 10 | Francisco Beckmann CMF | Auxiliary Bishop in Panamá ( Panama ) | May 25, 1940 | January 13, 1945 |
| 11 | Andrew James Louis Brennan | Bishop Emeritus of Richmond (USA) | April 14, 1945 | May 23, 1956 |
| 12 | Francisco Maria da Silva | Auxiliary Bishop in Braga ( Portugal ) | December 20, 1956 | December 12, 1963 |
| 13 | Johannes Wiesen SVD | Prelate of Encarnación y Alto Paraná ( Paraguay ) | 2nd February 1964 | March 1, 1972 |
| 14th | Andrew Pataki | Auxiliary Bishop in Passaic (USA) | May 30, 1983 | June 19, 1984 |
| 15th | George Martin Kuzma | Auxiliary Bishop in Passaic (USA) | November 11, 1986 | October 23, 1990 |