Titular diocese of Birtha
Birtha ( Italian : Birta ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged bishopric in the ancient city of the same name (today Birecik ) in the Roman province of Mesopotamia or in late antiquity Osrhoene in Turkey . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Edessa .
| Titular Bishops of Birtha | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Robert Talbot | Apostolic Koadjutorvikar , Vicar Apostolic of London District ( Kingdom ) | March 10, 1759 | January 26, 1790 |
| 2 | James Caulfield | Coadjutor Bishop of Ferns ( Kingdom of Ireland ) | February 26, 1782 | October 19, 1786 |
| 3 | Franz Ignaz von Streber | Auxiliary Bishop in Munich and Freising ( Kingdom of Bavaria ) | September 24, 1821 | April 26, 1841 |
| 4th | Pierre Adolphe Pinsoneault | Bishop Emeritus of Sandwich ( Canada ) | November 26, 1868 | January 30, 1883 |
| 5 | Pasquale Maria Jaderosa | Coadjutor Bishop of Sant'Agata de 'Goti ( Italy ) | March 24, 1884 | |
| 6th | Manuel María Vidal y Boullon | Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo ( Spain ) | February 25, 1915 | October 27, 1923 |
| 7th | Joseph Anthony Murphy SJ | Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras ( British Honduras ) | December 23, 1923 | November 25, 1939 |
| 8th | Sidney Matthew Metzger | Auxiliary Bishop in Santa Fe Coadjutor Bishop of El Paso ( USA ) |
January 5, 1940 | November 29, 1942 |
| 9 | Germiniano Esorto | Auxiliary Bishop in La Plata ( Argentina ) | August 23, 1943 | November 2, 1946 |
| 10 | Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen | Auxiliary Bishop in Coadjutor Bishop of Roermond ( Netherlands ) | July 26, 1947 | December 31, 1957 |
| 11 | Alejandro Schell | Auxiliary Bishop in Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) | February 14, 1958 | April 10, 1963 |
| 12 | Francis Raymond Walsh MAfr | Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen (Great Britain) | September 12, 1963 | 7th December 1970 |
| 13 | Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti SJ | Auxiliary Bishop in Minas ( Uruguay ) | March 1, 1972 | 3rd November 1977 |