Titular diocese of Gaza
The Diocese of Gaza ( Latin Dioecesis Gazensis ) is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged bishopric of the ancient city of Gaza in the Roman province of Syria Palestine or Palestine Prima , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Caesarea in Palestine .
| Titular Bishops of Gaza | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hendrik van de Wetering Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Coadjutor Archbishop of Utrecht ( Netherlands ) | February 8, 1895 | July 2, 1895 |
| 2 | Paolo Schinosi | April 19, 1897 | February 20, 1901 | |
| 3 | Alfonso Archi | Auxiliary Bishop in Comacchio ( Italy ) | June 19, 1901 | September 28, 1902 |
| 4th | Costanzo Castrale | Auxiliary Bishop in Turin (Italy) | March 7, 1905 | November 26, 1936 |
| 5 | Giovanni Tirinnanzi OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Arabia ( Yemen , Oman , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates and Qatar ) | July 2, 1937 | January 27, 1949 |
| 6th | James Henry Ambrose Griffiths | Auxiliary Bishop of the U.S. Military Ordinary Auxiliary Bishop in New York ( USA ) |
October 15, 1949 | February 24, 1964 |