Titular diocese of Appiaria
Appiaria is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former bishopric , named after the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Moesia inferior (Lower Moesia ) in today's Bulgaria . It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Marcianopolis .
| Titular Bishops of Appiaria | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bonifatius Sauer OSB (Josef Sauer) |
Vicar Apostolic of Wonsan Abbot of Tokwon ( Korea ) |
August 25, 1920 | February 7, 1950 |
| 2 | Joseph Lennox Federal | Auxiliary Bishop , Coadjutor Bishop of Salt Lake City ( USA ) | 5th February 1951 | March 31, 1960 |
| 3 | Thomas Austin Murphy | Auxiliary Bishop in Baltimore (USA) | May 23, 1962 | November 17, 1991 |
| 4th | Vasile Bizau | Auxiliary Bishop in Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ( Romania ) | October 27, 2007 | June 11, 2011 |
| 5 | Ernesto Giobando SJ | Auxiliary Bishop in Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) | 5th March 2014 | |