Titular diocese of Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi ( Italian : Cesarea di Filippo ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former bishopric of the ancient city of Banyas at the foot of the Hermon Mountains at the northern end of the Israeli- occupied Golan Heights , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Tire .
| Titular Bishops of Caesarea Philippi | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta | Auxiliary Bishop in Mexico ( Mexico ) | April 27, 1840 | May 1, 1849 |
| 2 | Matthias Eberhard | Auxiliary Bishop in Trier ( Germany ) | April 7, 1862 | September 20, 1867 |
| 3 |
Peter IV. Geraigiry Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
February 22, 1886 | February 24, 1898 | |
| 4th | Cyrillus Macaire | Vicar Apostolic in the Alexandria Eparchy ( Egypt ) | March 15, 1895 | June 19, 1899 |
| 5 | Giuliano Cabras | Auxiliary Bishop in Sassari ( Italy ) | 17th December 1900 | |
| 6th | Giuseppe Morticelli | Bishop emeritus of Penne-Atri (Italy) | February 1906 | 1910 |
| 7th | Hermann Zschokke | Auxiliary Bishop in Vienna ( Austria ) | November 17, 1910 | October 23, 1920 |
| 8th | Antonio Micozzi | Auxiliary Bishop in Sabina-Farfa (Italy) | 4th July 1936 | November 25, 1949 |
| 9 | Ercole Attuoni | Auxiliary Bishop in Pisa (Italy) | July 15, 1929 | March 16, 1933 |
| 10 | Francesco Beretti | Curia Bishop | 4th July 1936 | November 25, 1949 |
| 11 |
Armando Lombardi Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela , Brazil | February 13, 1950 | May 4th 1964 |
| 12 | Lawrence Patrick Moran | Auxiliary Bishop in Melbourne ( Australia ) | November 9, 1964 | March 15, 1970 |
| 13 | Joseph Powathil | Auxiliary Bishop in the archeparchy Changanacherry ( India ) | 7th January 1972 | February 26, 1977 |
| 14th | Béchara Raï OMM | Auxiliary Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch ( Lebanon ) | May 2, 1986 | June 9, 1990 |
| 15th | Guy-Paul Noujaim | Auxiliary Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch (Lebanon) | June 9, 1990 | |