Titular diocese of Zoara
Zoara is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former diocese of the ancient city of Zoar in the Roman province of Syria Palestine or in late antiquity Palestine salutaris on the east coast of the Dead Sea , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Petra .
Titular Bishops of Zoara | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Franciscus Maria Cutroneo | March 15, 1773 | November 1780 | |
2 | José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil |
Prelate of Cuiabá Prelate of Goiás ( Brazil ) |
July 18, 1783 | |
3 | Jean-Henri Baldus CM |
Vicar Apostolic of Henan Vicar Apostolic of Jiangxi ( Chinese Empire ) |
March 2, 1844 | September 29, 1869 |
4th | Claude-Thierry Obré | Auxiliary Bishop in Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis ( France ) | December 14, 1877 | December 14, 1881 |
5 | Pedro José Sánchez Carrascosa y Carrión | Bishop emeritus of Ávila ( Spain ) | March 30, 1882 | 1896 |
6th | Patrick Vincent Dwyer | Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland ( Australia ) | January 30, 1897 | July 9, 1909 |
7th | René-Marie-Joseph Perros MEP | Vicar Apostolic of East Siam ( Thailand ) | 17th September 1909 | November 27, 1952 |
8th | Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando CM | Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula ( Honduras ) | March 24, 1953 | August 12, 1962 |
9 | Wacław Skomorucha | Auxiliary Bishop in Siedlce ( Poland ) | November 21, 1962 | August 25, 2001 |