Titular diocese of Attanasus
Attanasus ( Italian : Attanaso ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Attanasos in the Phrygia region of Asia Minor in the west of today's Turkey. The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Laodicea ad Lycum .
Titular Bishops of Attanasus | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Lawrence Pullen Hardman SMM | Vicar Apostolic of Zomba ( Nyasaland / Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ) | May 15, 1952 | April 25, 1959 |
2 | Joseph-Albert Malula | Auxiliary Bishop in Léopoldville ( Belgian Congo / Democratic Republic of the Congo ) | 2nd July 1959 | July 7, 1964 |