Titular Archdiocese of Damascus
Damascus ( Italian : Damasco ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese in the late ancient Roman province of Phoenice in today's Syria.
Damascus is now the capital of the independent state of Syria .
Titular Archbishops of Damascus | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Decio Carafa | Cardinal priest | May 17, 1606 | May 7, 1613 |
2 | Francesco Sacrati | Cardinal priest | November 5, 1612 | May 23, 1622 |
3 | Antonio Sotomayor OP | July 16, 1632 | September 3, 1648 | |
4th | Bernardino Rocci | Coadjutor Archbishop of Paris ( France ) | April 9, 1668 | July 15, 1675 |
5 | Orazio Mattei | June 17, 1675 | September 30, 1686 | |
6th | Sebastiano Antonio Tanara | Apostolic Nuncio in Germany , Austria | April 28, 1687 | May 21, 1696 |
7th | Daniello Marco Delfino | January 2, 1696 | September 15, 1698 | |
8th | Antonio Felice Zondadari | December 5, 1701 | September 23, 1715 | |
9 | Vincenzo Petra | October 5, 1712 | December 20, 1724 | |
10 | Francesco Antonio Finy | Bishop emeritus of Avellino-Frigento ( Italy ) | December 20, 1724 | May 8, 1728 |
11 | Giuseppe Maria Feroni | May 10, 1728 | December 10, 1753 | |
12 | Giovanni Carlo Molinari | Apostolic Nuncio in Brussels | January 14, 1754 | March 31, 1763 |
13 | Filippo Maria Pirelli | February 4, 1765 | December 1, 1766 | |
14th | Bernardino Giraud | Apostolic Nuncio in France | April 16, 1767 | May 15, 1773 |
15th | Marcantonio Conti | Bishop emeritus of Pesaro (Italy) | April 3, 1775 | January 25, 1780 |
16 | François de Pierre de Bernis | Coadjutor Archbishop of Albi (France) | September 20, 1784 | November 2, 1794 |
17th | Emidio Ziucci | December 16, 1796 | April 20, 1802 | |
18th | Pietro Francesco Galeffi | Cardinal priest | August 31, 1819 | May 29, 1820 |
19th | Giuseppe della Porta | April 19, 1822 | May 16, 1823 | |
20th | Camillo Giovanni Rossi | Bishop emeritus of San Severo (Italy) | April 9, 1827 | July 16, 1837 |
21st | Domenico Lucciardi | Curia Archbishop | December 21, 1846 | April 10, 1851 |
22nd | Luigi Clementi | Apostolic Delegate in Central America, Mexico | August 26, 1851 | December 21, 1863 |
23 | Pier Francesco Meglia | Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Germany, France | September 22, 1864 | September 19, 1879 |
24 | Prosper Auguste Dusserre | Coadjutor Archbishop of Algiers Apostolic Administrator of Constantine ( Algeria ) |
February 13, 1880 | November 26, 1892 |
25th | Serafino Cretoni | Apostolic Nuncio in Spain | January 16, 1893 | June 22, 1896 |
26th | John Joseph Keane | Bishop Emeritus of Richmond ( USA ) | January 29, 1897 | July 24, 1900 |
27 | Angelo Giacinto Scapardini OP | Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia , Brazil | September 23, 1910 | August 27, 1921 |
28 | Carlo Sica | Bishop emeritus of Foligno (Italy) | November 21, 1921 | 1939 |
29 | Giuseppe Beltrami | Apostolic Nuncio in Guatemala , Ecuador Colombia , Lebanon , Netherlands | February 20, 1940 | June 26, 1967 |
See also
Web link
- Entry on the titular Archbishopric of Damascus on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 27, 2020.