Titular Archdiocese of Myra
Myra ( Italian Mira ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
The ancient bishopric was in the eponymous city of Myra in Lycia ( Turkey ).
| Titular Archbishops of Myra | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinrich Bock OCarm Titular Bishop pro hac vice | Auxiliary Bishop in Speyer ( Germany ) | 1426 | 1443 |
| 2 | Peter Spitznagel OCarm Titular Bishop pro hac vice | Auxiliary Bishop in Speyer ( Germany ) | 1444 | 1465 |
| 3 | Angelus Maria Cittadini OCart | Coadjutor Archbishop of Naxçıvan ( Armenia ) | July 15, 1624 | July 9, 1627 |
| 4th | Augustine Basrci OP (Augustine Bagesius) | Coadjutor Archbishop of Naxçıvan (Armenia) | August 12, 1630 | 1633 |
| 5 | Francesco Antonio Frasella OFMConv | Apostolic Administrator of Japan | November 14, 1637 | 1655 |
| 6th | Bonaventura Teoli OFMConv | August 3, 1655 | 1672 | |
| 7th |
Giacinto Torisi OP (Giacinto Tarugi) |
May 2, 1672 | March 25, 1674 | |
| 8th | Prospero Bottini | July 15, 1675 | March 21, 1712 | |
| 9 | Giovanni Francesco de Nicolais, OFM | Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang ( China ) | April 20, 1712 | December 27, 1737 |
| 10 | Matthew Pritchard OFM Titular Bishop pro hac vice | Vicar Apostolic of the Western Region ( England ) | September 20, 1713 | May 22, 1750 |
| 11 | Luigi Gualterio | Curial Cardinal | December 16, 1743 | March 24, 1760 |
| 12 | Benedetto Latilla CRL | Bishop emeritus of Avellino-Frigento ( Italy ) | April 21, 1760 | December 28, 1767 |
| 13 | Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti | March 13, 1775 | September 22, 1795 | |
| 14th | Giovanni Coppola | October 20, 1800 | December 15, 1807 | |
| 15th | Maximus III Michel Mazloum | afterwards Melkite Patriarch of Antioch ( Syria ) | April 29, 1817 | February 1, 1836 |
| 16 | Flavio Chigi | Apostolic Nuncio | June 19, 1856 | June 15, 1874 |
| 17th | Angelo Bianchi | Apostolic Nuncio in Germany and Spain | October 10, 1874 | March 15, 1883 |
| 18th | Etienne Marilley | Bishop emeritus of Lausanne and Geneva ( Switzerland ) | August 9, 1883 | January 17, 1889 |
| 19th | Giuseppe Maria Guidelli dei conti Guidi | Archbishop emeritus of Modena (Italy) | May 24, 1889 | May 9, 1899 |
| 20th | Giuseppe Ceppetelli (Giuseppe Cepetelli) | Auxiliary Bishop in Rome (Italy) | July 31, 1899 | June 22, 1903 |
| 21st | Francesco Ragonesi | Apostolic Nuncio in Spain | September 14, 1904 | March 7, 1921 |
| 22nd | Antonino Zecchini SJ | Apostolic Administrator of Estonia Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia |
October 20, 1922 | March 7, 1935 |
| 23 | Carlo Serena | Coadjutor Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) | July 5, 1935 | October 22, 1945 |
| 24 | Edigio Vagnozzi | Apostolic Nuncio / Apostolic Delegate | March 14, 1949 | June 26, 1967 |