Titular diocese of Balanea

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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
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

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