Titular diocese of Castabala
Castabala is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of Hierapolis Kastabala in the Cilicia landscape in Asia Minor . The bishopric was assigned to the church province of Anazarbus .
| Titular Bishops of Castabala | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Milner | Vicar Apostolic of Midland District ( Great Britain ) | March 6, 1803 | April 19, 1826 |
| 2 | John Murdoch | Apostolic Koadjutorvikar , Vicar Apostolic of the Western District (UK) | June 4, 1833 | December 15, 1865 |
| 3 | Louis Aloysius Lootens | Apostolic Vicar of Idaho and Montana ( USA ) Auxiliary Bishop in Vancouver Iceland ( Canada ) |
March 3, 1868 | January 12, 1898 |
| 4th | Rocco Tornatore PIME | Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma ( India ) | November 18, 1889 | 1908 |
| 5 | John William Shaw | Coadjutor Bishop of San Antonio (USA) | February 7, 1910 | March 11, 1911 |
| 6th | Juan José Marcos Zapata | Auxiliary Bishop in San Juan de Cuyo ( Argentina ) | May 30, 1913 | May 13, 1951 |
| 7th | Doroteo Fernández y Fernández | Auxiliary Bishop in Santander Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz ( Spain ) |
March 6, 1956 | July 22, 1971 |
| 8th | Patrick Ebosele Ekpu | Coadjutor Bishop of Benin City ( Nigeria ) | 5th June 1971 | 5th July 1973 |
| 9 | Felipe Tejeda García MSpS | Auxiliary Bishop in Mexico ( Mexico ) | January 29, 2000 | April 9, 2018 |
| 10 | Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos | Auxiliary Bishop in Fortaleza ( Brazil ) | 11th July 2018 | |