Titular diocese of Orcistus
Orcistus ( Italian : Orcisto ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of Orkistos ( ancient Greek : Ορκιστούς ), today Ortaköy in the Turkish province of Eskişehir , which was in the Roman province of Galatia secunda in late antiquity . The bishopric was attached to the ecclesiastical province of Pessinus .
| Titular Bishops of Orcistus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Marie Mérel MEP |
Apostolic Prefect of Kouangtong Vicar Apostolic of Canton ( Republic of China ) |
April 20, 1901 | June 13, 1921 |
| 2 | Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin MEP | Vicar Apostolic of Laos ( French Indochina ) | April 27, 1922 | March 21, 1945 |
| 3 | Armand Coupel | Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Brieuc-Tréguier ( France ) | December 29, 1945 | March 20, 1949 |
| 4th | Paul Piché OMI | Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie ( Canada ) | March 5, 1959 | July 13, 1967 |