Titular diocese of Tegea
Tegea is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Tegea in western Messenia in Greece , which was assigned to the church province of Patrassus .
| Titular Bishops of Tegea | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meletius Kovács | Auxiliary Bishop in Oradea Mare ( Habsburg Monarchy ) | July 12, 1748 | April 11, 1775 |
| 2 | Stephanus Lewiński | Auxiliary Bishop of Kiev-Halych ( Poland-Lithuania ) | 17th August 1784 | |
| 3 | Agustín Blessing Presinger CM | Vicar Apostolic of Limón ( Costa Rica ) | December 16, 1921 | February 1, 1934 |
| 4th | José María Preciado y Nieva CMF | Vicar Apostolic of Darién ( Panama ) | February 26, 1934 | August 14, 1963 |
| 5 | Bernard Matthew Kelly | Auxiliary Bishop in Providence ( USA ) | November 25, 1963 | December 5, 2006 |