Titular diocese of Canopus
Canopus ( Italian : Canopo ) was a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric of the ancient city of Canopus in the province of Alexandria in Egypt .
| Titular Bishops of Canopus (hist.) | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis René Édouard de Rohan-Guéméné | Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg ( France ) | March 24, 1760 | March 11, 1779 |
| 2 | Jean-Gabriel d'Agay | Coadjutor Bishop in Perpignan-Elne (France) | September 20, 1779 | March 1, 1783 |
| 3 | Antoine Casimir Libere de Stockem | Auxiliary Bishop in Liège ( Belgium ) | December 3, 1792 | August 27, 1811 |
| 4th | Adalbert von Pechmann | Auxiliary Bishop in Passau ( Germany ) | May 24, 1824 | March 9, 1860 |
| 5 | Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi | Vicar Apostolic of Scian-Ton Settentrionale ( China ) | September 3, 1839 | September 8, 1871 |
| 6th | Carlo de Caprio | Coadjutor Bishop of Mileto ( Italy ) | April 3, 1876 | December 13, 1880 |
| 7th | Inocencio María Yéregui | Auxiliary Bishop in Montevideo ( Uruguay ) | May 13, 1881 | November 22, 1881 |
| 8th | Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher | Apostolic Administrator of Galveston ( Texas ) ( United States ) | January 10, 1882 | December 16, 1892 |
| 9 | Ferdinando Maria Cieri | Coadjutor Bishop of Sant'Agata de 'Goti (Italy) | June 12, 1893 | January 22, 1899 |
| 10 | Antonio Padovani | Auxiliary Bishop in Cremona (Italy) | April 29, 1909 | 1914 |
| 11 | Adolfo Turchi | Bishop emeritus of Caiazzo (Italy) | September 8, 1914 | July 17, 1918 |
| 12 | Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais MEP | Vicar Apostolic of North Manchuria (China) | December 16, 1920 | April 11, 1946 |