Titular diocese of Atenia
Atenia is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former diocese in the Pisidia region in western Taurus in southern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey. It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Antioch in Pisidia and was titular archbishopric until around 1900.
Titular (arch) bishops of Atenia | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Patrick Joseph McCormick | Auxiliary Bishop in Washington ( Columbia , USA ) | June 14, 1950 | May 18, 1953 |
2 | James Patrick Carroll | Auxiliary Bishop in Sydney ( Australia ) | January 6, 1954 | October 15, 1965 |
3 | Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi | Auxiliary Bishop in Tokyo ( Japan ) | March 15, 1966 | 15th November 1969 |
4th | Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople ( Turkey ) | 15th November 1974 | May 29, 1989 |