Titular diocese of Modra
Modra is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Modra in the Asian Minor region of Bithynia , eight kilometers east of Mudurnu in today's Turkey, which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Nicaea .
| Titular Bishops of Modra | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Stephen Michaud | Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington ( USA ) | May 4, 1892 | November 3, 1899 |
| 2 | Vilém Blazek | Auxiliary Bishop in Olomouc ( Austria-Hungary ) | December 6, 1906 | March 5, 1912 |
| 3 | Jules-Etienne Gazaniol | Bishop emeritus of Constantine-Hippone ( France ) | May 22, 1913 | May 18, 1917 |
| 4th | Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon | Auxiliary Bishop in Lyon-Vienne ( France ) | June 28, 1917 | June 19, 1922 |
| 5 | Esteban Rojas Tovar | Bishop emeritus of Garzón ( Colombia ) | July 21, 1922 | July 28, 1933 |
| 6th | James Hugh Ryan | Rector of the Catholic University of America (USA) | August 15, 1933 | August 3, 1935 |
| 7th | Jan Kanty Lorek CM | Auxiliary Bishop in Sandomierz ( Poland ) | April 26, 1936 | March 12, 1946 |
| 8th | Manuel Könner SVD | Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu ( Brazil ) | December 13, 1947 | December 9, 1968 |
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)