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 |
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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 |