Titular Archbishopric of Bostra
Bostra ( Italian Bosra ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of the same name, Bostra , which was in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea . The archbishopric was the seat of the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Bostra.
| Titular Archbishops of Bostra | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Giuseppe Maria Perrimezzi Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Bishop emeritus of Oppido Mamertina ( Italy ) | March 24, 1734 | February 17, 1740 |
| 2 | Dominicus Arcaroli | Bishop emeritus of Vieste (Italy) | June 26, 1818 | June 25, 1826 |
| 3 | Francisco de Paul García Peláez | Coadjutor Archbishop of Guatemala | January 27, 1843 | November 10, 1845 |
| 4th | Walter Herman Jacobus Steins SJ | Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal ( India ) | January 11, 1867 | May 15, 1879 |
| 5 | Vincenzo Taglialatela (Tagliatela) | Archbishop emeritus of Manfredonia e Vieste (Italy) | February 27, 1880 | 1886 |
| 6th | Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo OFM | Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba | April 27, 1899 | 1903 |
| 7th | Martín García y Alcocer OFM | Bishop emeritus of Cebu ( Philippines ) | July 30, 1904 | May 20, 1926 |
| 8th | Peter Joseph Hurth CSC | Bishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) | November 12, 1926 | August 1, 1935 |
| 9 | Iwannis Gandour (Youhanna Gandour) | December 12, 1950 | July 16, 1961 | |
| 10 | John Patrick Cody | Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans ( USA ) | August 10, 1961 | November 8, 1964 |
| 11 | Iwannis Georges Stété | Archbishop Emeritus of Damascus ( Syria ) | 20th August 1968 | 1971 |