Titular diocese of Amantia
Amantia is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of the same name , which was in the Roman province of Epirus Novus . He was assigned to the church province of Dyrrachium .
“The Christianization of Illyria undoubtedly came from two centers, at the same time capital cities of the provinces of Dalmatia and Epirus and starting points for the military roads, Salona and Dyrrhachion. In Albania, in addition to Dyrrhachion, Doclea, Sarda, Scodra, Lissus, Scampa, Amantia, Apollonia, Byllis, Aulona and probably Ulcinium are to be regarded as primary bishop's seats (up to 602), whose bishops are often mentioned from the 3rd to 5th centuries . "
“Under the pressure of the migrations and also by the forces of nature, the VI. Several diocesan seats were established in the 7th and 7th centuries, and new fortified cities were built under Justinian, which received bishops at the same time or not much later. ... The Roman cities Doclea, Sarda, Scampa, Apollonia, Amantia, Byllis perished partly through enemy invasions and partly through gradual swamp, but their dioceses do not disappear, they only underwent a metamorphosis. "
| Titular Bishops of Amantia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
| 1 |
Edward Idris Cassidy Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Curia Archbishop | October 27, 1970 | June 28, 1991 |
| 2 | Johannes Liku Ada ' | Auxiliary Bishop in Ujung Pandang ( Indonesia ) | October 11, 1991 | November 11, 1994 |
| 3 | Gyula Márfi | Auxiliary Bishop in Eger ( Hungary ) | November 11, 1995 | August 14, 1997 |
| 4th | Daniel Robert Jenky CSC | Auxiliary Bishop in Fort Wayne-South Bend ( USA ) | October 21, 1997 | February 12, 2002 |
| 5 |
Paul Tschang In-Nam Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio | October 19, 2002 | |
See also
literature
- Halil Myrto: Albania archeologica: bibliografia sistematica dei centri antichi . tape 1 . Bari (IT) 1998, ISBN 88-7228-213-6 , Amantia, p. 5–9 (Italian, limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ' N , 19 ° 42' E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Milan von Šufflay: The church conditions in pre-Turkish Albania. The orthodox breakthrough zone in the Catholic Damme . In: Vjesnik. Kr.Hratsko-Slavonsko-Dalmatinskoga . tape XVII . Zagreb 1915, p. 4 ( scribd.com ).
- ↑ Milan von Šufflay: The church conditions in pre-Turkish Albania . S. 6 .