Titular diocese of Eleutheropolis in Palestine
Eleutheropolis in Palestine is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the Roman province of Syria Palestine or Palestine Prima . It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Caesarea in Palestine .
The city, which was originally called Beth Gabra (House of Strong Men), was conquered by the Roman Emperor Vespasian , who slaughtered almost all of the inhabitants. Today the place, now called Beit Djibrin, still has about 1,000 inhabitants.
The first known bishop, Macrinus, dates from 325, but he still had five successors in the 4th century and two in the 6th century.
| Titular Bishops of Eleutheropolis in Palestine | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul-Eugène Roy | Auxiliary Bishop in Québec ( Canada ) | April 8, 1908 | June 26, 1914 |
| 2 | Nicolás de Carlo | Auxiliary Bishop in Paraná Auxiliary Bishop in Santa Fe ( Argentina ) |
August 2, 1918 | August 1, 1940 |
| 3 | Michele Thomas Verhoeks CM | Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia ( Indonesia ) | October 16, 1941 | May 8, 1952 |
| 4th | Giuseppe de Nardis | Bishop emeritus of Sant'Agata de 'Goti ( Italy ) | April 1, 1953 | 18th December 1956 |
| 5 | Alfred Matthew Stemper MSC | Vicar Apostolic of Kavieng ( Papua New Guinea ) | 5th July 1957 | November 15, 1966 |