Titular diocese of Philippopolis in Arabia

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Philippopolis in Arabia ( Italian : Filippopoli di Arabia ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of the same name (today Shahba ), which was in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea (in today's Jordan ). The diocese was a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province Bostra assigned.

Titular Bishops of Philippopolis in Arabia
No. Surname Office from to
1 Henri de Villars
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Coadjutor Archbishop of Vienne ( Kingdom of France ) 1655 May 27, 1663
2 Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona April 18, 1729 August 14, 1730
3 Giovanni Battista Giampè December 19, 1740 May 10, 1764
4th Félix-Clair Ridel MEP Vicar Apostolic of Korea ( Kingdom of Korea ) April 27, 1869 June 20, 1884
5 Giuseppe Tomaso de Mazzarasa March 27, 1885
6th George Gauthier June 28, 1912-18. October 1921 Auxiliary Bishop in Montréal , October 18, 1921–5. April 1923 Apostolic Administrator of Montréal ( Canada ) June 28, 1912 April 5, 1923
7th Ignacy Maria Dubowski
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Former Bishop of Lutsk or Zhytomir ( Polish Republic / General Government / Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ) June 1, 1925 March 10, 1953
8th Antonio Ravagli July 4, 1955–1959 Coadjutor Bishop in Larino , 1959 - August 30, 1960 Coadjutor Bishop in Modigliana ( Italy ) 4th July 1955 August 30, 1960
9 Giovanni Umberto Colombo Auxiliary Bishop in Milan (Italy) October 25, 1960 August 10, 1963

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