Titular Archdiocese of Nicaea

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Nicaea ( Italian : Nicea ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of Nikaia in the Bithynia region in Asia Minor .

Titular Archbishops of Nicaea
No. Surname Office from to
1 Giovanni di Prangins Bishop emeritus of Aosta ( Italy ) October 23, 1444 May 7, 1446
2 Melchor Miguel Carneiro Leitão SJ Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia January 23, 1555 June 29, 1577
3 Juan Beltrán de Guevara Bishop emeritus of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) January 16, 1573
4th Vincenzo Quadrimano Auxiliary Bishop in Ostia and Velletri (Italy) August 12, 1592
5 Bernardino Piccoli Coadjutor Bishop of Strongoli (Italy) December 15, 1621 October 2, 1627
6th Diego Seco SJ Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia December 19, 1622 4th July 1623
7th Apolinar Almeida SJ Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia March 22, 1627 June 15, 1638
8th Jacobus de La Haye OS Spirit Apostolic Legate in Istanbul ( Turkey ) March 3, 1653
9 Gasparo Carpegna June 16, 1670 December 22, 1670
10 Carlo Vaini January 19, 1671 May 15, 1679
11 Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini Apostolic Nuncio June 25, 1692 May 21, 1696
12 Tommaso Ruffo Apostolic Nuncio April 7, 1698 June 25, 1706
13 Ferdinando Nuzzi June 7, 1706 March 30, 1716
14th Giuseppe Firrao Apostolic Nuncio September 2, 1714 December 11, 1730
15th Silvio Valenti Gonzaga Pro-State Secretary June 18, 1731 September 16, 1740
16 Alberico Archinto September 30, 1739 May 24, 1756
17th Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi September 24, 1759 November 19, 1759
18th Cesare Alberico Lucini Apostolic Nuncio January 28, 1760 February 19, 1768
19th Filippo Sanseverino Bishop emeritus of Alife (Italy) January 29, 1770 April 4, 1776
20th Jean-Siffrein Maury April 24, 1792 February 21, 1794
21st Pietro Gravina Apostolic Nuncio September 12, 1794 March 8, 1816
22nd Francesco Serra Casano Apostolic Nuncio
Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua (Italy)
March 16, 1818 July 26, 1826
23 Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso Apostolic Nuncio April 9, 1827 May 19, 1837
24 Raffaele Fornari Apostolic Nuncio January 24, 1842 September 30, 1850
25th Carlo Sacconi Apostolic Nuncio May 2, 1851 September 27, 1861
26th Giuseppe Berardi April 7, 1862 March 13, 1868
27 Serafino Vannutelli Apostolic Delegate
Apostolic Nuncio
June 25, 1869 March 14, 1887
28 Luigi Galimberti Apostolic Nuncio May 23, 1887 June 25, 1894
29 Augusto Guidi Curia Archbishop May 18, 1894 March 16, 1900
30th Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy April 19, 1900 November 9, 1903
31 Giovanni Tacci Porcelli Archbishop of the Curia,
Apostolic Nuncio,
Apostolic Internuntius
December 17, 1904 June 13, 1921
32 Giovanni Festa Examiner of the Vicariate of Rome (Italy) January 20, 1923 April 18, 1930
33 Giuseppe Pizzardo President of the Pontifical Commission Pro Russia April 22, 1930 December 13, 1937
34 Aldo Laghi Apostolic Nuncio August 28, 1938 January 2, 1942
35 Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet OP September 30, 1946 3rd September 1951
36 Ilario Alcini Apostolic visitor to the seminaries in Italy October 27, 1951 April 10, 1976

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