Titular diocese of Messene
Messene is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Messene in western Messenia in Greece , which was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Patrassus .
| Titular Bishops of Messene | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joannes Baptist Belland | Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca ( Singapore ) | August 29, 1740 | |
| 2 | John Baptiste Miège SJ | Apostolic Vicar of Indian Territory east of the Rocky Mountains ( USA ) | July 23, 1850 | July 21, 1884 |
| 3 | Luigi Bonetti | Coadjutor Bishop of Montalto ( Italy ) | January 15, 1886 | April 3, 1887 |
| 4th | Leo Michael Haid OSB | Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians (USA) |
February 4, 1888 | July 24, 1924 |
| 5 | Ettore Lodi | Auxiliary Bishop in Bologna (Italy) | March 6, 1925 | July 6, 1935 |
| 6th | Ettore Castelli | Curia Bishop | December 16, 1935 | 1943 |
| 7th | Giuseppe Battaglia | Coadjutor Bishop of Faenza (Italy) | August 21, 1943 | December 17, 1944 |
| 8th | Jean-Julien Weber PSS | Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg ( France ) | June 1, 1945 | August 29, 1945 |
| 9 | Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin | Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo ( Spain ) | November 25, 1945 | January 25, 1949 |
| 10 | Giacomo Cannonero | Coadjutor Bishop of Asti (Italy) | March 16, 1950 | November 11, 1952 |
| 11 | Francisco Rendeiro OP | Coadjutor Bishop of Faro (Italy) | December 22, 1952 | 3rd December 1955 |
| 12 |
Fiorenzo Angelini since February 16, 1985 Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Responsible for hospital pastoral care in Rome Auxiliary Bishop in Rome Archbishop of Curia |
June 27, 1956 | June 28, 1991 |