Titular diocese of Hieropolis
Hieropolis ( Italian : Geropoli ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient Hierapolis (today's Koçhisar in Turkey ) in the Phrygia region of Asia Minor (late ancient Roman province Phrygia Salutaris ) in the west of today's Turkey. The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Sinnada .
The titular is not to be confused with a bishop's seat in located also in Phrygia Hierapolis in the late ancient province of Phrygia Pacatiana declining Titularbistum Hierapolis in Phrygia .
| Titular Bishops of Hieropolis | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léon Bélouino | Auxiliary Bishop in Port-au-Prince ( Haiti ) | August 20, 1880 | August 25, 1890 |
| 2 |
Josef Bombera (Giuseppe Bombera) |
Grand Chaplain of the Czechoslovak Army ( Czechoslovakia ) | June 13, 1924 | January 2, 1927 |
| 3 | Nicanor Mutiloa e Irurita CSsR | Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro ( Kingdom of Spain ) | November 17, 1927 | May 1, 1935 |
| 4th | Ralph Leo Hayes | Rector of the Pontifical North America College ( Kingdom of Italy ) | October 26, 1935 | November 16, 1944 |
| 5 | Arthur Hughes MAfr | Rain in the Kingdom of Egypt and Arabia | March 3, 1945 | August 23, 1947 |
| 6th | Benigno Carrara | Coadjutor Bishop of Imola ( Italy ) | December 20, 1947 | May 12, 1956 |
| 7th | Philip Hannan | Auxiliary Bishop in Washington ( USA ) | June 16, 1956 | September 29, 1965 |
| 8th | Youhannan Semaan Issayi | Coadjutor Archbishop of Sehna ( Iran ) | September 1, 1967 | March 7, 1970 |