Titular diocese of Heracleopolis Magna

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Heracleopolis Magna ( Italian : Eracleopoli Maggiore ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a lost bishopric of the ancient city of Herakleopolis Magna in Upper Egypt , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Oxyrhynchos .

Titular Bishops of Heracleopolis Magna
No. Surname Office from to
1 Pavel Meletiev Russian Orthodox Bishop Emeritus of Bryansk ( Russia ) October 26, 1946 May 19, 1962
2 Paul-Pierre Philippe OP
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Curia Archbishop August 28, 1962 March 5th 1973

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