Titular diocese of Syene
Syene ( Italian : Siene ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Syene in the Roman province of Aegyptus or in late antiquity Thebais in Upper Egypt , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Ptolemais .
| Titular Bishops of Syene | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Martucci | Coadjutor Bishop of Penne-Atri ( Italy ) | December 21, 1874 | December 23, 1880 |
| 2 | Theotimus Jozef Verhaegen, OFM | Vicar Apostolic of Southwest Hubei ( China ) | April 27, 1900 | July 19, 1904 |
| 3 | Francisco Ferreira da Silva | Prelate of Mozambique ( Portuguese East Africa ) | November 14, 1904 | May 8, 1920 |
| 4th | Prudencio Contardo Ibarra CSSR | Auxiliary Bishop in Concepción ( Chile ) | June 15, 1920 | December 14, 1925 |
| 5 | Norbert Johann Klein OT |
Bishop emeritus of Brno ( Czechoslovakia ) Grand Master of the Teutonic Order |
January 4, 1926 | March 10, 1933 |
| 6th | James Anthony Walsh MM | Superior General of the Maryknoll Missionary Order ( USA ) | April 20, 1933 | April 14, 1936 |
| 7th | Mariano Simon Garriga | Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) | June 20, 1936 | March 15, 1949 |
| 8th | John Benjamin Grellinger | Auxiliary Bishop in Green Bay (USA) | May 16, 1949 | April 13, 1984 |