Titular diocese of Rhodopolis
Rhodopolis ( Italian : Rodopoli ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a late antique and Byzantine bishopric in Lasica in today's Georgia . The diocese of Rhodopolis was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Phasis as a suffragan .
| Titular Bishops of Rhodopolis | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Cattaneo OP | January 24, 1530 | May 1546 | |
| 2 | Stanislao Vincenzo Tomba B | December 17, 1832 | February 1, 1836 | |
| 3 | Joseph-Alphonse Baud MSFS | Coadjutor Bishop of Vizagapatam ( British India ) | December 23, 1941 | March 22, 1947 |
| 4th | Alden John Bell | Auxiliary Bishop in Los Angeles ( USA ) | April 11, 1956 | March 30, 1962 |
| 5 | José Gonçalves da Costa CSsR | Auxiliary Bishop in São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) | June 25, 1962 | November 24, 1969 |
Other meanings
Historically, the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg was called Rhodopolis or Rostochium in Latin .
See also
Web links
- Entry on the titular diocese of Rhodopolis on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Apostolic Succession - Titular Seats
Individual evidence
- ↑ Latin city names ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Lexicum nominum geographicorum latinorum)
