Titular diocese of Megara

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Megara (Megarensis / Magaricensis) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese in the Greek city of Megara near Athens .

Titular Bishops of Megara
Surname Office from to
Konrad / Kuno , OCist Auxiliary bishop in Cammin , Hildesheim , Cologne and Liège 1324 ? († September 1366)
Heinrich von Volkach Auxiliary Bishop in Regensburg July 20, 1352 ? († October 27, 1359)
Franz Johann Vogt of Altensumerau and Prasberg Auxiliary Bishop in Constance December 16, 1641 February 16, 1645
Johann Gobar Auxiliary Bishop in Olomouc August 26, 1652 1665
Alexander de Campo Vicar Apostolic of Malabar ( India ) January 31, 1663 January 2, 1687
Wilhelm von Vintler von Runkelstein Auxiliary Bishop in Brixen December 22, 1681 March 9, 1697
Ignaz Ludwig Pawlowski Auxiliary Bishop in Kamianets-Podilskyi ( Ukraine ) June 23, 1828 March 1, 1841
Jacinto Vera y Durán Vicar Apostolic of Montevideo ( Uruguay ) September 22, 1859 July 13, 1878
Marie-Joseph Verdier , SSCC Coadjutor Vicar of Papeete ( Tahiti ) January 9, 1883 January 17, 1922
Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven , OPraem Vicar Apostolic of Buta ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) April 25, 1924 March 18, 1969

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Individual evidence

  1. "Conradus miseracione divina Magaricensis" consecrated the Neuwerker Friedhof on June 22, 1319 at the request of Nikolaus von Luneborch (green wax seal received, but torn off): Hans Nirrnheim : Hamburgisches Urkundenbuch . tape 2 , no. 445 . Perthes, Besser & Mauke, 1939, p. 342-343 ( uni-hamburg.de ).
  2. Bishop Konrad von Megara (Magaricensis) grants visitors to the Michaelstein Monastery on August 3, 1325 forty days of indulgence (damaged green wax seal): Document book of the Hildesheim Monastery and its bishops 1310-1340. In: archive.org. Retrieved December 26, 2016 .
  3. The title may have been awarded twice because of the special circumstances of Alexander de Campo.