Titular diocese of Doliche

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Doliche is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Syria Coele or later Syria Euphratensis on the western bank of the Euphrates in Syria . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Hierapolis Bambyke .

Titular Bishops of Doliche
No. Surname Office from to
1 John Stafford Coadjutor Bishop of Ferns ( Ireland ) December 14, 1772 September 30, 1781
2 Nicolas Champenois MEP Vicar Apostolic Coadjutor of Verapoly
Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly ( India )
June 14, 1785 October 30, 1811
3 Calixto Castrillo Ornedo Auxiliary Bishop in Seville ( Spain ) December 23, 1861 October 1, 1863
4th Jean-Dominique Barbero PIME Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad (India) January 18, 1870 October 18, 1881
5 François-Marie Trégaro Coadjutor Bishop of Sées ( France ) November 18, 1881 December 1, 1881
6th Francesco Gandolfi Bishop emeritus of Tarquinia and Civitaveccia ( Italy ) January 24, 1882
7th Albert Bitter Vicar Apostolic of Sweden ( Sweden ) June 15, 1893 October 9, 1922
8th Johannes Michael Buckx SCJ Vicar Apostolic of Finland ( Finland ) May 23, 1923 September 22, 1946
9 Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech Auxiliary Bishop in Albi-Castres-Lavaur (France) June 7, 1947 March 18, 1952
10 Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey OMI Vicar Apostolic of Garoua ( Cameroon ) March 24, 1953 September 14, 1955
11 Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios OFMCap Vicar Apostolic of Machiques ( Venezuela ) December 19, 1955 September 8, 1997

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