Titular diocese of Abila in Palestine

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Abila in Palestine ( Italian : Abila Palestina ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a diocese in the ancient city of Abila in the Roman province of Syria Palestine or in late antiquity Palestine Secunda in today's Jordan . It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Scythopolis .

Titular Bishops of Abila in Palestine
No. Surname Office from to
1 Adam Ernst Bernclau from Schönreith Auxiliary Bishop in Regensburg ( Germany ) December 22, 1766 July 24, 1779
2 Joseph Ferdinand Guidobalds Count of Spaur and Valör Bishop of the Bavarian Order of St. George and Bavarian Court Bishop in Munich March 20, 1780 March 26, 1793
3 Alessandro Scialdone Auxiliary Bishop in Capua ( Italy ) July 21, 1839
4th Pietro Facciotti Auxiliary Bishop in Ferentino (Italy) February 28, 1879 January 27, 1880
5 Dionisije Njaradi Auxiliary Bishop in Križevci ( Croatia ) December 5, 1914 May 1, 1920
6th Alberto Uribe Urdaneta Auxiliary Bishop in Manizales ( Colombia ) December 19, 1953 March 18, 1957
7th Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt OFMCap Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak ( Indonesia ) July 13, 1957 January 3, 1961
8th Caesar Gatimu Auxiliary Bishop in Nyeri ( Kenya ) April 18, 1961 November 25, 1964
9 Paulos Tzadua Auxiliary Bishop in Adis Ababa ( Ethiopia ) March 1, 1973 February 24, 1977

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