Titular Archdiocese of Melitene
Melitene is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Cappadocia or in late antiquity Armenia minor in eastern Turkey .
| Titular Archbishops of Melitene | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Federico Giordani | Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archeparchy Lviv ( Poland-Lithuania ) | September 5, 1725 | July 30, 1741 |
| 2 | Gabriel de Torres y Navarre | September 18, 1741 | July 20, 1757 | |
| 3 | Gabriel Maria Gravina OSB | Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela ( Italy ) | March 16, 1818 | September 1818 |
| 4th | Girolamo d'Andrea |
Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop of the Curia |
July 12, 1841 | March 15, 1852 |
| 5 | Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de Mérode | June 22, 1866 | July 11, 1874 | |
| 6th | Felice Maria de Neckere | September 17, 1875 | ||
| 7th | Paolo Maria Barone | Bishop emeritus of Casale Monferrato (Italy) | March 1903 | 1909 |
| 8th | Pasquale Guerini | Archbishop emeritus of Shkodrë ( Albania ) | 1910 | February 1911 |
| 9 | Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano | Apostolic Delegate | February 2, 1912 | December 11, 1922 |
| 10 | Augustin Marre OCSO | Abbot General of the Trappists | August 16, 1923 | September 6, 1927 |
| 11 | Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart | Rector of the Institut Catholique de Paris ( France ) | April 12, 1928 | December 16, 1935 |
| 12 | Pierre-Florent-André du Bois de la Villerabel | Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen ( France ) | July 6, 1936 | January 3, 1938 |
| 13 | Ettore Fronzi | Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino (Italy) | 1938 | February 19, 1940 |
| 14th | Juan Francisco Aragone | Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo ( Uruguay ) | November 20, 1940 | May 7, 1953 |
| 15th | James Robert Knox | Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Internuntius |
July 20, 1953 | April 13, 1967 |