Titular diocese of Siunia

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Siunia is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese in the Roman province of Cappadocia or in late antiquity Armenia minor in what is now eastern Turkey . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Sebaste .

Titular Bishops of Siunia
No. Surname Office from to
1 Antoine Etienne Aconcius Kover OMVen May 28, 1804 1824
2 Georges Hurmuz CMV Abbot General of the Mechitarists of Venice November 18, 1876 August 28, 1889
3 Luigi Piavi OFM Apostolic Delegate
Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo ( Syria )
December 16, 1771 1778
4th Thomas Langdon Grace OP Bishop emeritus of Saint Paul ( USA ) September 24, 1889 February 22, 1897
5 Antonio Bonaventura Jeglič July 14, 1897 March 24, 1898
6th Francisco Alberti Auxiliary Bishop in La Plata
Auxiliary Bishop in Buenos Aires ( Argentina )
February 21, 1899 July 13, 1921

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