Titular diocese of Arabissus

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Arabissus ( Italian : Arabisso ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Arabissos in the Roman province of Cappadocia or in late antiquity Armenia minor in what is now eastern Turkey . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Melitene .

Titular Bishops of Arabissus
No. Surname Office from to
1 Placide Louis Chapelle Auxiliary Bishop in Santa Fe ( New Mexico , USA ) August 21, 1891 May 12, 1893
2 Guglielmo Stagno di Alcontres June 12, 1893
3 Manuel Segundo Ballón Auxiliary Bishop in Lima ( Peru ) August 11, 1909 1923
4th Stephen Peter Alencastre SSCC Apostolic Koadjutorvikar , Vicar Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands Hawaii (USA) April 29, 1924 November 9, 1940
5 Albert Henri Charles Breton MEP Emeritus Bishop of Fukuoka ( Japanese Empire / Japan ) May 12, 1941 August 12, 1954
6th Peter Francis Rayappa Bishop emeritus of Kumbakonam ( India ) 20th September 1954 April 27, 1973

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