Titular Archdiocese of Mesembria
Mesembria is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost archbishopric in the ancient city of the same name ( Mesembria - today Nessebar ), which was in late antiquity in the Roman province of Haemimontus on the Black Sea coast of the Upper Thracian Plain (today Bulgaria ).
| Titular Archbishops of Mesembria | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Margotti |
Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Administrator of Constantinople |
March 8, 1930 | July 25, 1934 |
| 2 | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli | Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Administrator of Constantinople Apostolic Nuncio |
November 30, 1934 | January 12, 1953 |
| 3 | Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi | Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Internuntius Apostolic Nuncio |
July 30, 1953 | April 28, 1969 |
| 4th | Loris Francesco Capovilla | Prelate of Loreto ( Italy ) | September 25, 1971 | February 22, 2014 |
| 5 | Paolo Rudelli | Apostolic Nuncio | 3rd September 2019 | |