Titular diocese of Amisus
Amisus ( Italian : Amiso ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former diocese of the ancient city of Amisos in the Asian Minor region of Pontos, today Samsun on the Turkish Black Sea coast . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Amasea .
| Titular Bishops of Amisus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Edmund Fitzmaurice | Coadjutor Bishop of Erie ( USA ) | December 14, 1897 | September 15, 1899 |
| 2 | Aquilino Ferreyra y Álvarez | Auxiliary Bishop in Córdoba ( Argentina ) | November 16, 1899 | September 28, 1910 |
| 3 | François Belleville MEP | Apostolic Vicar of Southern Tonkin ( French Indochina ) | February 9, 1911 | July 7, 1912 |
| 4th | Antônio Malan SDS | Prelate of Registro do Araguaia ( Brazil ) | May 25, 1914 | January 3, 1924 |
| 5 | Constantine Bohacewskyi | Vicar Apostolic of Philadelphia (USA) | May 20, 1924 | April 5th 1954 |
| 6th | José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios | Auxiliary Bishop in Antequera, Oaxaca ( Mexico ) | April 5th 1954 | August 8, 1959 |
| 7th | Raffaele Pellecchia | Auxiliary Bishop in Alife ( Italy ) | 2nd January 1960 | September 1, 1961 |
| 8th | Cornelius de Wit MHM | Prelate of San Jose de Antique ( Philippines ) | April 12, 1962 | February 18, 1978 |