Titular diocese of Aela

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Aela ( Italian : Ela ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a lost bishopric in today's city of Aqaba (or Akaba) in Jordan . The Bishop of Aela was a suffragan bishop of the Metropolitan of Petra in Palestine .

Titular Bishops of Aela
No. Surname Office from to
1 Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu MEP Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu ( Chinese Empire and Republic of China ) December 10, 1907 March 27, 1933
2 Alois Hudal June 1, 1933 May 13, 1963
3 Joseph-Marie Trinh Van-Can
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Coadjutor Archbishop of Hanoi ( Vietnam ) 5th February 1963 November 27, 1978

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