Titular diocese of Olympus
Olympus ( Italian : Olimpo ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Olympos in the Asian Minor region of Lycia in the southwest of today's Turkey, which belonged to the church province of Myra .
| Titular Bishops of Olympus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Battista Senzasoni | October 3, 1729 | February 28, 1746 | |
| 2 | João Cosme da Cunha de Nossa Senhora da Porta CRSA | Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria ( Portugal ) | March 28, 1746 | April 8, 1746 |
| 3 | Joseph Billiards OSB | April 10, 1747 | ||
| 4th | Daniel McDonnell | Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad ( Trinidad and Tobago ) | December 23, 1828 | October 26, 1844 |
| 5 | Richard Patrick Smith | Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago) | May 28, 1845 | April 30, 1850 |
| 6th | Jean-Étienne Sémeria OMI | Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of Jaffna Apostolic Vicar of Jaffna ( British Ceylon ) |
June 6, 1856 | January 23, 1868 |
| 7th | Leonardo Mellano OCD | Vicar Apostolic Coadjutor of Verapoly Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly ( India ) |
July 24, 1868 | June 14, 1870 |
| 8th | János Pauer | Auxiliary Bishop in Székesfehérvár ( Hungary ) | May 6, 1872 | February 28, 1879 |
| 9 | Jean-Amand Lamaze SM |
Apostolic Administrator of the Schiffer Islands ( Samoa Islands ) Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania ( Tonga ) |
May 23, 1879 | September 9, 1906 |
| 10 | Prudencio Melo y Alcalde | Auxiliary Bishop in Toledo ( Spain ) | December 19, 1907 | July 18, 1913 |
| 11 | Sl. Manuel González García | Auxiliary Bishop in Málaga (Spain) | December 6, 1915 | April 22, 1920 |
| 12 | James Michael Liston | Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland ( New Zealand ) | April 22, 1920 | December 9, 1929 |
| 13 | Francis-Peter Bucys MIC | Superior General of the Marians | 3rd July 1930 | October 25, 1951 |
| 14th | Segundo García Fernández SDS | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho ( Venezuela ) | May 7, 1953 | June 6, 1975 |