Titular diocese of Larissa in Syria

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Larissa in Syria ( Italian : Larissa di Siria ) is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a perished diocese in the Roman province of Syria Coele or in late antiquity Syria salutaris in central Syria . It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Apamea in Syria .

Titular Bishops of Larissa in Syria
No. Surname Office from to
1 Johannes Fabri OFM Auxiliary Bishop in Paderborn ( Germany ) September 13, 1437 1458
2 Johannes Wennecker the Elder OSA Auxiliary Bishop in Münster (Germany) 1454 1469
3 Weribold from Heys OFM Auxiliary Bishop in Münster (Germany) December 10, 1470 1477
4th Johannes Meppen OSA Auxiliary Bishop in Osnabrück and Münster (Germany) January 24, 1477 November 16, 1496
5 Pietro Emo Coadjutor Bishop of Crema ( Italy ) 1612 1616
6th Agostino Ciasca OSA Cardinal Librarian of the Vatican Secret Archives June 1, 1891 June 18, 1899
7th Gregoire Ephrem Jarjour Auxiliary Bishop in Antioch ( Lebanon ) January 18, 1949 December 1, 1965
8th Bonaventure Akiki OFM Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo ( Syria ) March 1, 1973 September 9, 1987

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