Titular Archdiocese of Mocissus
The Archdiocese of Mocissus ( Italian arcidiocesi di Mocisso , Latin Archidioecesis Mocissena ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier archbishopric of the ancient city of Mokissos in the Cappadocia landscape of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey . It is also believed that Mocissus was the later Justinianopolis, now called Kırşehir .
| Titular Archbishops of Mocissus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johann Joseph Friedrich Otto Zardetti | Papal Assistant to the Throne | May 25, 1895 | May 9, 1902 |
| 2 | Giacomo Merizzi | Bishop emeritus of Vigevano ( Italy ) | August 21, 1902 | March 22, 1916 |
| 3 | Giovanni Battista Vinati | Bishop emeritus of Bosa (Italy) | 1916 | January 9, 1917 |
| 4th | Adolf Fritzen | Bishop emeritus of Strasbourg ( France ) | July 31, 1919 | September 7, 1919 |
| 5 | Lorenzo Schioppa | Apostolic Nuncio | 20th August 1920 | April 23, 1935 |
| 6th | John Hugh MacDonald | Koadjutorerzbischof of Edmonton ( Canada ) | December 16, 1936 | March 5, 1938 |
| 7th | Nicolas Cadi | Archbishop emeritus of Bosra and Hauran ( League of Nations mandate for Syria and Lebanon ) | November 16, 1939 | September 22, 1941 |
| 8th | Roger Beaussart | Auxiliary Bishop in Paris ( France ) | December 10, 1943 | February 29, 1952 |
| 9 | Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna OFMCap | Bishop emeritus of Carpi (Italy) | November 24, 1952 | March 4th 1956 |
| 10 | Giovanni Iacono | Bishop emeritus of Caltanissetta (Italy) | August 21, 1956 | May 26, 1957 |
| 11 | Heinrich Wienken | Emeritus Bishop of Meissen ( GDR ) | August 19, 1957 | January 21, 1961 |
| 12 | Gabriel Bukatko | Coadjutor Archbishop of Belgrade-Smederevo ( Yugoslavia ) | March 2, 1961 | March 24, 1964 |