Titular diocese of Aradus
Aradus ( Italian : Arado ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an ancient bishopric on the island of Aruad off the coast of Phenicia (now Syria ). The diocese of Aradus was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tire as a suffragan .
| Titular Bishops of Aradus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignacy Houwalt | appointed auxiliary bishop in Vilnius ( Lithuania ) | August 20, 1804 | May 5, 1807 |
| 2 | Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati OFM | Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang ( China ) | August 30, 1839 | April 13, 1862 |
| 3 | Pietro Giuseppe Tardoya | Bishop emeritus of Cuzco ( Peru ) | August 20, 1880 | |
| 4th | Noè Giuseppe Tacconi PIME | Vicar Apostolic of South Henan (China) | September 18, 1911 | September 26, 1942 |
| 5 | Luis Pérez Hernández CIM | Auxiliary Bishop in Bogotá ( Colombia ) | November 3, 1945 | 1956 |
| 6th | José Alí Lebrún Moratinos | Auxiliary Bishop in Maracaibo ( Venezuela ) | 2nd August 1956 | June 21, 1958 |
| 7th | Jerzy Stroba | Auxiliary Bishop in Gniezno Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau ( Poland ) |
4th July 1958 | June 28, 1972 |
| 8th | Georges Abi-Saber OLM | Auxiliary Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch ( Lebanon ) | May 2, 1986 | November 23, 1990 |
| 9 | Francis Némé Baïssari | Auxiliary Bishop in Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh (Lebanon) | June 7, 1991 | February 24, 2015 |
| 10 | Joseph Nafaa | Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch (Lebanon) | 17th June 2016 | |