Titular diocese of Velicia

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Velicia is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a lost bishop's seat in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Macedonia Secunda . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Philippi .

Titular Bishops of Velicia
No. Surname Office from to
1 Guglielmo Piani SDB
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Apostolic Delegate February 17, 1922 April 21, 1934
2 Joseph Otto Kolb Auxiliary Bishop in Bamberg ( Germany ) August 10, 1935 January 24, 1943
3 Eduard Nécsey Auxiliary Bishop in Nitra ( Czechoslovakia ) March 12, 1943 June 19, 1968

See also

List of the Roman Catholic titular dioceses

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