Titular diocese of Cucusus
Cucusus (Latin: Dioecesis Cucusena) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Kukusos in the Asia Minor region of Cataonia on the border of Cappadocia and Armenia , today Göksun in eastern Turkey . It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Melitene .
Titular Bishops of Cucusus | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Miguel Navarro OFM | Vicar Apostolic of Honan ( China ) | April 8, 1856 | September 9, 1877 |
2 | Giovanni Giacomo Jonckau | Coadjutor Bishop of Vancouver Island ( Canada ) | April 17, 1883 | July 29, 1888 |
3 | Ludwig Wahl | Apostolic Prefect of Meissen ( Germany ) | July 11, 1890 | June 6, 1905 |
4th | Nicasio Arellano OP | Vicar Apostolic of East Tonking ( French Indochina , now Vietnam ) | April 11, 1906 | January 5, 1927 |
5 | Sergio the Abrahamian | Auxiliary Bishop in Rome ( Italy ) | June 13, 1933 | January 15, 1938 |
6th | Constantino Gómez Villa OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Caroní ( Venezuela ) | July 14, 1938 | March 22, 1981 |