Titular diocese of Lamia
Lamia is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of Lamia in Thessaly in what is now Greece , which was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Larisa . Latin bishops ( Cithoniensis ) are documented at the beginning of the 13th century and in the 14th century.
| Titular Bishops of Lamia | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | António Augusto de Castro Meireles | Coadjutor Bishop of Porto ( Portugal ) | June 20, 1928 | June 21, 1929 |
| 2 | Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron | Auxiliary Bishop in Auch-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez ( France ) | October 9, 1929 | August 20, 1936 |
| 3 | John Baptist Wang Tseng-yi CM (John Baptist Wang Uamzemi) | Vicar Apostolic of Anguo ( Republic of China ) | July 1, 1937 | April 11, 1946 |
| 4th | Jean Duperray | Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier, Lodève, Béziers, Agde and Saint-Pons-de-Thomières ( France ) | December 20, 1947 | February 24, 1949 |
| 5 | Henry Byrne SSCME | Prelate of Iba ( Philippines ) | 20th August 1956 | November 15, 1982 |
See also
Remarks
- ^ Giorgio Fedalto: La Chiesa Latina in Oriente. Vol.II. Hierarchia Latina Orientis , Mazziana, Verona, 1976, pp. 86-87