Diocese of Pella

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Dioecesis Orientis 400 AD

Pella in Palaestina is an ancient and titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church also called the Diocese of Khirbet El-wahadneh, and it is centered on Pella, Jordan.[1]

History[]

Pella was an ancient bishopric in [2] with a Christian community from before 70 AD.

Zebennus of Pella[3]

It was a titular see by the time Michel Le Quien wrote.[4]

Bishops[]

Known ancient bishops[]

Titular Catholic bishops[]

  • Hieronim Maciej Jełowicki (21 Feb 1725 Appointed – 8 Jan 1732 )
  • Stefan Olshavskyi (20 May 1735 Appointed – 24 Dec 1737 )
  • (28 Sep 1744 Appointed – 23 Jul 1774)
  • (12 Jul 1779 Appointed – 26 Feb 1804 )
  • (24 Aug 1807 Appointed – 23 Sep 1816)
  • Ignaz Bernhard Mauermann (14 May 1819 Appointed – 14 Sep 1841)
  • Charles Michael Baggs (9 Jan 1844 Appointed – 16 Oct 1845)
  • Jean-Pierre Dalmond (28 Jan 1848 Appointed – )
  • Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet (3 Oct 1848 Appointed – 1 Dec 1849)
  • Gustavo Leonardo de Battice (28 Dec 1877 Appointed – 13 Aug 1889)
  • François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann (27 Feb 1901 Appointed – 20 Mar 1908 )
  • Thomas Kurialachery (30 Aug 1911 Appointed – 21 Dec 1923 Appointed, Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese))
  • (29 Jan 1924 Appointed – 16 Dec 1951)
  • (24 Mar 1953 Appointed – 4 Mar 2002)

See also[]

  • Catholic Church in Jordan

References[]

  1. ^ By W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor p169.
  2. ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian ..., Volume 3 p61.
  3. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p352.
  4. ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740)p?.
  5. ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 1 Jan 2005) page361.
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