Titular diocese of Pegae
Pegae ( Italian : Pege or Spiga ; Latin : Pegaeus or Spigacensis ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church . It goes back to a submerged bishopric in the ancient and Byzantine city of Pegai , which was in the Roman province of Asia or Hellespontus on the Asian side of the Dardanelles . The bishopric was assigned to the church province Cyzicus . Since 1364 this city was called Biga .
Titular Bishops of Pegae
| Titular Bishops of Pegae | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanisław Jacek Święcicki | Auxiliary Bishop in Samogitia ( Poland-Lithuania ) | March 20, 1651 | February 8, 1677 |
| 2 | Gaspar Gasparini OFMConv | April 5, 1677 | August 22, 1705 | |
| 3 | Agostino Steffani | Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate Upper and Lower Saxony ( Germany ) | September 13, 1706 | February 12, 1728 |
| 4th | Michael Collins | Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne and Ross ( Ireland ) | April 24, 1827 | August 11, 1830 |
| 5 | Edward Joseph Byrne | Auxiliary Bishop in Dublin (Ireland) | August 19, 1920 | August 28, 1921 |
| 6th | Francis Gilfillan | Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Joseph ( USA ) | July 8, 1922 | March 17, 1923 |
| 7th | Alphonse-Osias Gagnon | Auxiliary Bishop of Sherbrooke ( Canada ) | May 23, 1923 | June 23, 1927 |
| 8th | Bernard James Sheil | Auxiliary Bishop in Chicago (USA) | March 25, 1928 | 5th June 1959 |
| 9 | Innocenzo Alfredo Russo OFM | Auxiliary Bishop in Bovino ( Italy ) | December 9, 1959 | February 12, 1973 |