Titular diocese of Balanea
Balanea is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishopric in Balanaia (today's Baniyas ) in the Roman province of Syria Coele or Syria . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Apamea in Syria .
Titular Bishops of Balanea | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 |
Antoine Coudert OMI Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo ( British Ceylon ) | July 18, 1898 | January 28, 1905 |
2 | Matthew Gibney | Bishop Emeritus of Perth ( Australia ) | July 14, 1910 | June 22, 1925 |
3 | Charles Heerey CSSp | Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar / Apostolic Vicar of Southern Nigeria ( Nigeria ) | January 24, 1927 | April 18, 1950 |
4th | Ignace Ziadé | Emeritus Bishop of Aleppo ( Syria ) | December 13, 1950 | January 26, 1952 |
5 | Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback OSFS | Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop ( South West Africa ) | March 24, 1956 | December 9, 1994 |
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)