Titular Archdiocese of Nisibis

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Nisibis ( Italian : Nisibi ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The ancient bishopric of the same name was in Mesopotamia .

Titular Archbishops of Nisibis
No. Surname Office from to
1 Giovanni Battista Braschi Bishop emeritus of Sarsina ( Italy ) December 20, 1724 November 24, 1736
2 José Bolaños Calzado OFM royal confessor ( Kingdom of Sicily ) November 24, 1738 April 7, 1761
3 Cesare Brancadoro Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium , Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples October 20, 1789 August 11, 1800
4th Lorenzo Caleppi Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal , Cardinal February 23, 1801 January 10, 1817
5 Vincenzo Macchi Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland , Apostolic Nuncio in France October 2, 1818 October 2, 1826
6th Carlo Luigi Morichini Apostolic Nuncio in Germany April 21, 1845 March 18, 1852
7th Vincenzo Tizzani CRL Bishop emeritus of Terni (Italy) March 30, 1855 January 15, 1886
8th Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin SJ Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Bombay ( India ) September 15, 1887 September 27, 1887
9 Giuseppe Giusti Bishop emeritus of Arezzo (Italy) December 14, 1891 March 31, 1897
10 Federico pizza Archbishop emeritus of Manfredonia (e Vieste) (Italy) April 19, 1897 March 28, 1909
11 Francis McCormack Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh ( Ireland ) June 21, 1909 November 14, 1909
12 Joseph Petrelli Official of the Curia, Apostolic Nuncio in Peru March 30, 1915 April 29, 1962
13 José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona SDS Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa ( Honduras ) May 18, 1962 July 18, 1968

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