Titular diocese of Tanis
Tanis is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishopric of the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Aegyptus , Aegyptus Herculea or in late antiquity Augustamnica in the eastern Nile Delta in Egypt , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Pelusium .
| Titular Bishops of Tanis | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrzej Pruski | Auxiliary Bishop in Przemyśl ( Poland ) | March 28, 1729 | 1759 |
| 2 | Lucas Ramírez Galán OFM | Auxiliary Bishop in Cartagena ( Spain ) | April 6, 1761 | August 21, 1769 |
| 3 | Juan Varela Fondevilla y Verea | Auxiliary Bishop in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | November 20, 1769 | April 11, 1785 |
| 4th | Ludwik Józef Mathy | Auxiliary Bishop in Poznan ( Poland ) | September 20, 1779 | 1801 |
| 5 | Antoni Luboradzki | Auxiliary Bishop in Płock (Poland) | June 26, 1805 | April 14, 1822 |
| 6th | William Fraser (William Frazer) | Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia ( Canada ) | June 3, 1825 | February 15, 1842 |
| 7th | José Antonio García Balsalobre y Rada OS | Prior of Uclés (Spain) | September 30, 1831 | November 3, 1844 |
| 8th | Tommaso Michele Salzano OP | January 19, 1854 | December 22, 1873 | |
| 9 | Gennaro de Vivo | Coadjutor Bishop of Pozzuoli ( Italy ) | May 4, 1874 | December 23, 1876 |
| 10 | Tommaso Reggio | Coadjutor Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) | March 20, 1877 | June 26, 1877 |
| 11 | Elia Bianchi | Auxiliary Bishop in Ostia (Italy) | May 12, 1879 | July 3, 1882 |
| 12 | Giuseppe Cavaliere | Coadjutor Bishop of Crotone (Italy) | March 15, 1883 | June 24, 1883 |
| 13 | Franz Sniegon | Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau (now Poland) | August 9, 1883 | July 3, 1891 |
| 14th | Josip Grgur Marčelić | Apostolic Administrator of Kotor ( Montenegro ) | January 16, 1893 | May 18, 1894 |
| 15th | Giovanni Menicatti PIME | Vicar Apostolic of North Henan ( Chinese Empire / Republic of China ) | September 12, 1903 | December 23, 1943 |
| 16 | Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria CMF | Vicar Apostolic of Darién Auxiliary Bishop in Panamá ( Panama ) |
July 14, 1926 | February 24, 1933 |
| 17th | José Joaquim Gonçalves | Auxiliary Bishop in Rio Preto ( Brazil ) | March 14, 1957 | June 14, 1973 |