Titular diocese of Memphis
Memphis ( Italian : Memfi ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric of the ancient city of Memphis in Upper Egypt , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Oxyrhynchos .
| Titular Bishops of Memphis | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacobus Wemmer's OCarm | Apostolic Legate in Ethiopia ( Abyssinia Empire ) | April 24, 1645 | September 12, 1645 |
| 2 | Francisco Suarez de Villegas | Apostolic Legate in Ethiopia (Abyssinia Empire) | December 9, 1649 | April 17, 1664 |
| 3 | Abraham Chasciùr | July 27, 1824 | February 3, 1826 | |
| 4th | Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna de Kosielsko | Auxiliary Bishop in Lviv ( Ukraine ) | February 26, 1886 | January 22, 1895 |
| 5 | Giuseppe Barillari | Coadjutor Bishop of Cariati ( Italy ) | May 22, 1895 | November 25, 1902 |
| 6th | Salvatore Frattocchi | Auxiliary Bishop in Orvieto (Italy) | June 22, 1903 | January 24, 1905 |
| 7th | Antonio Valbonesi | Bishop emeritus of Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado (Italy) | May 4, 1906 | January 5, 1934 |
| 8th | Geoffrey Zaccherini | Bishop emeritus of Jesi (Italy) | May 11, 1934 | December 7, 1938 |
| 9 | Gioacchino Di Leo | Auxiliary Bishop in Palermo (Italy) | 5th February 1940 | February 18, 1946 |
| 10 | Paolo Rota | Auxiliary Bishop in Cremona (Italy) | March 10, 1947 | December 28, 1952 |
| 11 | Heinrich Forer | Auxiliary Bishop in Trento Auxiliary Bishop in Brixen (Italy) |
February 11, 1956 | October 5, 1997 |
| 12 |
James Michael Harvey since September 29, 2003 Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Curia Bishop Curia Archbishop |
February 7, 1998 | November 24, 2012 |
| 13 |
Michael Wallace Banach Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio | February 22, 2013 | |