Titular Archdiocese of Selge

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The Archdiocese of Selge ( Italian arcidiocesi di Selge , Latin Archidioecesis Selgensis ) is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier bishopric in the ancient city of Selge in the Pamphylia region of Asia Minor on the southern Mediterranean coast of today's Turkey .

Titular Archbishops of Selge
No. Surname Office from to
1 Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse MEP Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma ( British India ) December 22, 1893 April 21, 1905
2 Eduardo Solar Vicuña
Titular Bishop pro hac vice
Auxiliary Bishop in La Serena ( Chile ) September 8, 1914 March 19, 1920
3 Raymond-René Lerouge CSSp
Titular Bishop pro hac vice
Vicar Apostolic of French Guinea ( French West Africa ) April 22, 1920 May 12, 1949
4th João Batista Portocarrero Costa Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda and Recife ( Brazil ) 3rd July 1953 January 6, 1959
5 Bernard James Sheil Auxiliary Bishop in Chicago ( USA ) 5th June 1959 13th September 1969

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