Titular bishopric of Botry

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Botrys ( Italian : Botri ) 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 Batrun ), which was in the Roman province of Syria Phoenice or in late antiquity Phoenice in today's Lebanon . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Tire .

Titular Bishops of Botrys
No. Surname Office from to
1 Ernst Friedrich Baron von Twickel Auxiliary Bishop in Hildesheim ( Germany ) September 27, 1724 January 17, 1734
2 Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen Auxiliary Bishop in Concepción ( Peru ) July 27, 1735 February 22, 1742
3 Franciscus Zichy September 24, 1742 March 16, 1744
4th Giovanni Carlo Bandi Auxiliary of Ostia-Velletri ( Kirchenstaat ) December 18, 1744 March 20, 1752
5 Johann Georg Freiherr von Stinglheim Auxiliary Bishop in Regensburg (Germany) February 11, 1754 September 15, 1759
6th Juan Manuel Argüelles Auxiliary Bishop in Toledo ( Spain ) April 6, 1761 March 12, 1770
7th Agustín Ayestarán Landa Auxiliary Bishop in Seville (Spain) September 7, 1772 June 27, 1796
8th Juan Antonio Tamayo OS Prior of Uclés (Spain) July 24, 1797 November 1799
9 Rafael de La Vara Auxiliary Bishop in Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( Bolivia ) August 11, 1800 March 21, 1806
10 Jean-François de Hercé Coadjutor Bishop of Nantes ( France ) February 1, 1836 May 12, 1838
11 Martin-Jean Pontvianne M.EP Vicar Apostolic of North Cochin ( Vietnam ) August 31, 1877 July 30, 1879
12 Henri-Joseph Bulté CM Vicar Apostolic of Southeast Hebei ( China ) March 14, 1880 October 14, 1900
13 Francisco Aguirre Murga OP Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien (China) December 13, 1911 June 12, 1941
14th José García Pulgar OESA Vicar Apostolic of San León del Amazonas ( Peru ) August 21, 1941 January 31, 1954
15th Edward Wilson Douglas Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell ( Great Britain ) February 9, 1954 June 12, 1967

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