Titular Diocese of Neocaesarea in Syria

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Neocaesarea in Syria ( Italian : Neocesarea di Siria ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church . It goes back to an earlier bishopric in Neokaisareia in the Roman province of Syria Coele or in late antiquity Syria Euphratensis in Syria , on the western bank of the Euphrates , which was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Hierapolis Bambyke .

Titular Bishops of Neocaesarea in Syria
No. Surname Office from to
1 Matteo Eustachio Gonella
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Apostolic Nuncio May 20, 1850 June 22, 1866
2 Maximiano Reynoso y del Corral Bishop emeritus of Tulancingo ( Mexico ) June 25, 1903 March 19, 1910
3 Antonio Tommaso Videmari Bishop emeritus of Ogliastra ( Italy ) February 13, 1925 March 14, 1951
4th Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel Auxiliary Bishop in Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo ( France ) October 23, 1951 October 24, 1988

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