Titular Archdiocese of Cius
The Archdiocese of Cius ( Italian : Arcidiocesi di Cio , Latin Archidioecesis Cianensis ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an ancient bishopric in the city of Kios (lat. Cius , later Prusias ad Mare , today Gemlik in Turkey ), which was located in the landscape of Asia Minor and the Roman province of Bithynia in late antiquity .
| Titular Archbishops of Cius | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enrico Carfagnini OFM Ref. | Bishop emeritus of Gallipoli ( Italy ) | March 24, 1898 | February 12, 1904 |
| 2 | Gaetano d'Alessandro | Bishop emeritus of Cefalù ( Italy ) | May 8, 1906 | January 1911 |
| 3 | John Joseph Keane | Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque ( USA ) | April 28, 1911 | June 22, 1918 |
| 4th | James Romanus Bilsborrow OSB | Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff ( Great Britain ) | December 16, 1920 | June 19, 1931 |
| 5 | François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure | Bishop emeritus of Bayonne ( France ) | January 31, 1934 | April 23, 1937 |
| 6th | William Godfrey | Apostolic Delegate | November 21, 1938 | November 10, 1953 |
| 7th | Martin Michael Johnson | Koadjutorerzbischof of Vancouver ( Canada ) | November 27, 1954 | March 11, 1964 |