Titular Archdiocese of Gangra
Gangra is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier archbishopric of the ancient city of Gangra (today Çankırı ) in the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus or Paphlagonia on the Turkish Black Sea coast .
| Titular Archbishops of Gangra | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Menini OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv ( Bulgaria ) | May 19, 1885 | October 14, 1916 |
| 2 | Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete OdeM | Bishop emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud ( Chile ) | December 16, 1916 | July 10, 1922 |
| 3 | Adriaan Smets | Apostolic Delegate to Persia ( Iran ) | August 2, 1922 | July 31, 1947 |
| 4th | Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet MEP | Archbishop Emeritus of Canton ( China ) | June 21, 1948 | February 18, 1952 |
| 5 | Francesco de Filippis | Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi ( Italy ) | September 1, 1953 | January 3, 1964 |
| 6th | Antônio Ferreira de Macedo CSsR | Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida ( Brazil ) | June 22, 1964 | February 28, 1989 |
See also
Web links
- Entry in catholic-hierarchy.org (English)