Titular diocese Citium

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Citium ( Italian : Cizio ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier bishopric in the city of Kition (later Larnaka ) on Cyprus . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Salamis .

Titular Bishops of Citium
No. Surname Office from to
1 Biagio D'Agostino Auxiliary Bishop in Termoli ( Italy ) December 15, 1951 May 14, 1954
2 Robert Francis Joyce Auxiliary Bishop in Burlington ( USA ) July 8, 1954 December 29, 1956
3 James Vincent Casey Auxiliary Bishop in Lincoln (USA) April 5th 1957 June 14, 1957
4th Martin Walter Stanton Auxiliary Bishop in Newark (USA) June 27, 1957 1st October 1977
5 Paul Edward Waldschmidt CSC Auxiliary Bishop in Portland in Oregon (USA) November 28, 1977 October 20, 1994
6th Francisco Gil Hellín Curia Bishop April 3, 1996 March 28, 2002
7th Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes Auxiliary Bishop in La Paz ( Bolivia ) May 29, 2002 April 4, 2012
6th Raymond Chappetto Auxiliary Bishop in Brooklyn (USA) May 2, 2012

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