Titular diocese of Apollonia
Apollonias ( Italian : Apolloniade ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former bishopric named after the ancient city of Apollonias in the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus or, in late antiquity, Bithynia in Asia Minor (now Turkey ). It belonged to the church province Nicomedia .
| Titular Bishops of Apollonias | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Dema | January 27, 1952 | January 28, 1955 | |
| 2 | Nicholas Thomas Elko | Bishop in the Exarchate of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church for the United States of America ( USA ) | 5th February 1955 | July 6, 1963 |
| 3 | Enrico Petrilli | Auxiliary Bishop in Siena ( Italy ) | 2nd September 1963 | February 9, 1968 |