Titular diocese of Antipyrgos
Antipyrgos ( Italian : Antipirgo ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged diocese of the ancient city of Paraitonion (today Tobruk in Libya ), which was inferior in the Roman province of Creta et Cyrene or in late antiquity Libya . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Darnis .
| Titular Bishops of Antipyrgos | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Ermenegildo Ricci OFM | Apostolic Vicar of Northwest Hubei ( Republic of China ) | February 21, 1922 | November 23, 1931 |
| 2 | John Chang Pi-te | Vicar Apostolic of Chaohsien (Republic of China) | January 11, 1932 | April 11, 1946 |
| 3 | Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela | Bishop emeritus of Nazaré ( Brazil ) | August 16, 1946 | August 8, 1958 |
| 4th | Wilhelm Tuschen | Auxiliary Bishop in Paderborn ( Germany ) | August 21, 1958 | June 21, 1961 |
| 5 | Myles McKeon | Auxiliary Bishop in Perth ( Australia ) | May 23, 1962 | March 6, 1969 |