Titular diocese of Lystra
Lystra ( Italian : Listra ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishop's seat in the ancient city of Lystra , which is in the small Asian country Lycaonia in today's southern Turkey was. The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Iconium .
| Titular Bishops of Lystra | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timoteo Pérez Vargas OCD | Bishop emeritus of Baghdad ( Iraq ) and Isfahan ( Iran ) | December 23, 1639 | April 5, 1651 |
| 2 | Epifanio de Neapoli OSB | January 20, 1727 | ||
| 3 | Philippe Gemayel | 1767 | 1786 | |
| 4th | Gioacchino de Gemmis | January 29, 1798 | June 26, 1818 | |
| 5 | János Benyovszky | Auxiliary Bishop in Esztergom ( Hungary ) | August 28, 1820 | August 25, 1827 |
| 6th | Eleonoro Aronne | July 22, 1842 | December 21, 1846 | |
| 7th | Pio Bighi | October 4, 1847 | August 23, 1853 | |
| 8th | Pietro de Villanova Castellacci | November 30, 1854 | March 26, 1855 | |
| 9 | José Ignacio Checa y Barba | Auxiliary Bishop in Cuenca ( Ecuador ) | July 12, 1861 | August 6, 1866 |
| 10 | Concetto focaccetti | Apostolic Administrator of Acquapendente ( Italy ) | February 22, 1867 | July 24, 1873 |
| 11 | Domenico Bucchi-Accica | December 22, 1873 | December 13, 1880 | |
| 12 | Gonzalo Canilla | Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar ( Gibraltar ) | March 8, 1881 | October 18, 1898 |
| 13 | Antonio Ruiz-Cabal y Rodríguez | Bishop emeritus of Pamplona ( Spain ) | December 13, 1899 | November 14, 1908 |
| 14th | Apollonio Maggio | January 31, 1910 | May 13, 1910 | |
| 15th |
Emilio Ferrais Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Auxiliary Bishop in Catania Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania (Italy) |
April 11, 1911 | December 7, 1928 |
| 16 | Domenico Dell'Aquila | Prelate of Altamura e Acquaviva delle Fonti (Italy) | June 27, 1932 | July 12, 1942 |
| 17th | Edward Francis Hoban | Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland ( USA ) | November 14, 1942 | November 2, 1945 |
| 18th | Pietro Villa MCCJ | Auxiliary Bishop in Porto e Santa Rufina Auxiliary Bishop in Ostia (Italy) |
March 25, 1946 | November 13, 1960 |
| 19th | Enrique Angelelli | Auxiliary Bishop in Córdoba ( Argentina ) | December 12, 1960 | 3rd July 1968 |