Titular diocese of Polemonium
Polemonium ( Italian Polemonio ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishopric in the ancient city of Polemonion in the Roman province of Cappadocia or in late antiquity Pontus Polemoniacus on the Black Sea coast of today's Turkey. It belonged to the church province Neocaesarea in Ponto .
| Titular Bishops of Polemonium | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander MacDonald | Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District ( Great Britain ) | September 30, 1779 | September 9, 1791 |
| 2 | Jan Kanty Podhorodeński | Auxiliary Bishop in Lutsk and Zhytomyr ( Russian Empire ) | August 20, 1804 | October 4, 1832 |
| 3 | Annet-Théophile Pinchon MEP | Apostolic Koadjutorvikar of Northwest Sichuan Apostolic Vicar of Northwest Sichuan ( China ) |
April 23, 1859 | October 26, 1891 |
| 4th | Pietro Broyer SM | Vicar Apostolic of the Schiffer Islands ( Samoa ) | March 30, 1896 | October 9, 1918 |
| 5 | Joseph Darnand SM | Vicar Apostolic of the Schiffer Islands (Samoa) | 4th August 1919 | June 1, 1962 |
| 6th | Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis CP | Prelate of São Luís de Montes Belos ( Brazil ) | November 26, 1962 | May 26, 1978 |