Titular Archbishopric Neocaesarea in Ponto
Neocaesarea in Ponto ( Italian : Neocesarea di Ponto ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier archbishopric in the ancient city of Neokaisareia (near today's Niksar ) in the Roman province of Cappadocia or in late antiquity Pontus Polemoniacus on the Black Sea coast of today's Turkey.
| Titular Archbishops of Neocaesarea in Ponto | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Alberizzi | Canon of St. Peter's Basilica | January 19, 1671 | May 27, 1675 |
| 2 | Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia | February 24, 1676 | May 2, 1695 | |
| 3 | Alessandro Sforza | June 13, 1695 | ||
| 4th | Pompeo Aldrovandi | Apostolic Nuncio | October 5, 1716 | March 23, 1729 |
| 5 | Buenaventura Cordoba Espinosa de la Cerda | Patriarch of the West Indies ( West Indies ) | April 6, 1761 | June 26, 1769 |
| 6th | Gerolamo Volpi | September 16, 1776 | ||
| 7th | Edward Henry Howard | Auxiliary Bishop in Frascati ( Italy ) | June 22, 1872 | March 12, 1877 |
| 8th | Gaetano Aloisi Masella | Apostolic Nuncio | May 22, 1877 | March 14, 1887 |
| 9 | Pierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne | Bishop emeritus of Belley ( France ) | November 25, 1887 | June 18, 1893 |
| 10 | Giuseppe Schirò | November 29, 1895 | August 1, 1927 | |
| 11 | Giacomo Montanelli | Coadjutor Archbishop of Vercelli (Kingdom of Italy) | November 23, 1928 | February 17, 1929 |
| 12 | Antonin-Fernand Drapier OP | Apostolic Delegate | October 7, 1929 | July 30, 1967 |