Titular Archdiocese of Ancyra
Ancyra ( Italian Ancira ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a bishopric in the city of Ankara , which was in the Roman province of Galatia .
| Titular Archbishops of Ancyra | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Paolo di San Francesco OCD (Ferdinando De Palma) | Vicar Apostolic of Idalcan, Golcondae and Great Mughal ( India ) | 17th September 1696 | January 4, 1700 |
| 2 | Raimondo Gallani OP | January 19, 1708 | March 23, 1722 | |
| 3 | Giusto Fontanini | September 5, 1725 | April 17, 1736 | |
| 4th |
Gaetano Calvani (Gaetano Galvani) |
Bishop emeritus of Bertinoro ( Italy ) | November 20, 1747 | 1757 |
| 5 | Angelo Maria Durini |
Apostolic Internuntius Apostolic Nuncio |
December 22, 1766 | April 28, 1796 |
| 6th | Giovanni Marchetti | September 26, 1814 | November 15, 1829 | |
| 7th | Mariano Báguena Varona | Abbot of San Ilderonso | September 30, 1831 | July 15, 1837 |
| 8th | Vincent Spaccapietra CM | Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain ( Trinidad and Tobago ) | September 12, 1859 | April 8, 1862 |
| 9 | Giacomo Cattani | Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop of the Curia |
March 16, 1868 | September 19, 1879 |
| 10 | Fidèle Sutter OFMCap | Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Tunis ( Tunisia ) | August 2, 1881 | August 30, 1883 |
| 11 | Giovanni Cirino | November 8, 1884 | May 12, 1896 | |
| 12 | Giulio Vaccaro | Bishop emeritus of Trivento (Italy) | December 6, 1896 | March 24, 1898 |
| 13 | Giacomo Merizzi | Bishop emeritus of Vigevano (Italy) | November 28, 1898 | August 21, 1902 |
| 14th | Giulio Tonti | Apostolic Nuncio | August 23, 1902 | December 6, 1915 |
| 15th | Peregrin-François Stagni SM | Apostolic Delegate | January 1, 1916 | September 23, 1918 |
| 16 | Michele Zezza di Zapponeta | Coadjutor Archbishop of Naples (Italy) | July 3, 1919 | April 4, 1923 |
| 17th | Oreste Cardinal Giorgi | Cardinal major penitentiary | April 26, 1924 | April 27, 1924 |
| 18th | Gaetano Cicognani | Apostolic Nuncio | January 11, 1925 | January 12, 1953 |
| 19th | Opilio Rossi | Apostolic Nuncio | November 21, 1953 | May 24, 1976 |