Titular diocese Paraetonium
Paraetonium ( Italian : Paretonio ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church . It goes back to a submerged diocese of the ancient city of Paraitonion (today Marsa Matruh in north-western Egypt), which was inferior in the Roman province of Creta et Cyrene or in late antiquity Libya . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Darnis .
| Titular Bishops of Paraetonium | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinrich Vieter SAC | Vicar Apostolic of Cameroon ( German Cameroon / French Cameroon ) | December 24, 1904 | November 7, 1914 |
| 2 | Giacinto Tonizza OFM | Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana ( Italian Libya ) | August 7, 1919 | April 16, 1935 |
| 3 | François Person SMA | Vicar Apostolic Ivory Coast ( French West Africa ) | December 9, 1935 | July 8, 1938 |
| 4th | Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius SMM | January 7, 1939 - June 27, 1939 Vicar Apostolic Coadjutor of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino) , June 27, 1939 - February 11, 1964 Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino) ( Colombia ) | January 7, 1939 | February 11, 1964 |