Titular diocese of Abila Lysaniae
Abila Lysaniae ( Italian : Abila di Lisania ) is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishopric in the ancient city of Suq-Uadi-Barada , which was in the Phoenician countryside in Syria . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Damascus .
| Titular Bishops of Abila Lysaniae | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Bautista Pes Polo OCarm | September 20, 1728 | ||
| 2 | John Menzies Strain | Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ) | September 2, 1864 | March 15, 1878 |
| 3 | Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse SM | Vicar Apostolic of New Caledonia | April 6, 1880 | September 18, 1905 |
| 4th | Aloys Schäfer | Apostolic Vicar in the Saxon Hereditary Lands Apostolic Prefect of Upper Lusatia ( German Empire ) | April 4, 1906 | September 5, 1914 |
| 5 |
Joseph Shanahan (Ignatius Shanahan) |
Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria ( Nigeria Colony ) | April 22, 1920 | December 1943 |
| 6th | Louis Delmotte | Former Bishop of Tournai ( Belgium ) | July 8, 1945 | August 29, 1957 |
| 7th | Enrique Principe | Auxiliary Bishop in Santa Fe ( Argentina ) | November 28, 1957 | October 7th 1974 |
| 8th | John Adel Elya BS | Auxiliary Bishop in Newton (USA) | March 21, 1986 | November 25, 1993 |
| 9 | Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty BA | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela | October 12, 1995 | |