Titular diocese of Arabissus
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 |
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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 |