Titular Archdiocese of Colossae
Colossae / Rhodes is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier bishopric of the ancient city of the same name in the Phrygia region of Asia Minor in western Turkey today.
| Titular Archbishops of Colossae / Rhodes | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascanio Piccolomini | Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena ( Italy ) | July 3, 1579 | 1588 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Ferrerio | Coadjutor Archbishop of Urbino (Italy) | March 15, 1593 | 1597 |
| 3 | Giovanni Garzia Millini (Mellini) | Apostolic Nuncio | June 1, 1605 | February 7, 1607 |
| 4th | Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona | May 14, 1607 | July 11, 1622 | |
| 5 | Ascanio Gonzaga | July 6, 1722 | ||
| 6th | Pietro Colonna Pamphili | January 28, 1760 | December 1, 1768 | |
| 7th | Orazio Mattei | September 28, 1767 | ||
| 8th | Alberto Maria Capobianco OP | Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria (Italy) | June 18, 1792 | February 7, 1793 |
| 9 | Giovanni Giuseppe Canali | Bishop emeritus of Ferentino (Italy) | January 24, 1842 | April 24, 1845 |
| 10 | Alessandro Macioti | Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland | September 26, 1845 | January 18, 1859 |
| 11 | Charles-Amable de la Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais | Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges ( France ) | July 22, 1861 | December 10, 1861 |
| 12 | Antonio Rossi Vaccari | June 25, 1866 | November 22, 1874 | |
| 13 | Antonio Maria Grasselli OFM Conv | December 22, 1874 | June 19, 1899 | |
| 14th | Heinrich Marx | Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau (now Poland ) | March 11, 1900 | August 28, 1911 |
| 15th | Giovanni Maria Zonghi | President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy | December 5, 1914 | August 8, 1941 |
| 16 | Giovanni Costantini | Bishop emeritus of Luni or La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato (Italy) | July 26, 1943 | 17th May 1956 |
| 17th | Ismaele Mario Castellano OP | Bishop emeritus of Volterra (Italy) | 3rd August 1956 | June 6, 1961 |
| 18th | Cesare Zerba | Curia Archbishop | August 28, 1962 | February 22, 1965 |