A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or...
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Damietta (redirect from Damiata (titular see))
(120 mi) north of Cairo. It was a Catholic bishopric and is a multiple titular see. It is also a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities...
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Amasya (redirect from Amasia (titular see))
the Catholic Church as a titular see. Rome suppressed the see formally c. 1600, but immediately transformed it into a titular archbishopric Amasea, of...
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diocese of Antipirgo (Latin: Dioecesis Antipyrgensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman town of Antipirgo, is identifiable...
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Bononia, once the residential episcopal see of the city of that name, is a titular see of the Catholic Church. The city of Bononia lay within the ancient...
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This is the official list of titular sees of the Catholic Church included in the Annuario Pontificio. Archiepiscopal sees are shown in bold. The Italian-language...
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assignable to one of the cardinals Titular see, an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions Titular nation, the single dominant ethnic group...
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Chalcedon (redirect from Chalcedon (titular see))
retained Chalcedon as a titular see with archiepiscopal rank, with known incumbents since 1356. Among the titular bishops named to this see were William Bishop...
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of the Roman era. Its bishopric was a suffragan see of Pelusium, the capital and metropolitan see of the province. Cassian gives a description of the...
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Gelibolu (redirect from Titular See of Gallipoli)
residential bishopric, Callipolis is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. Cyrillus fl. 431 Harmonius fl. 538 Melchisedec fl. 787 Joseph Paulus...
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Tharros (redirect from Titular see of Tharros)
the west coast of Sardinia, Italy. It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see and an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni di Sinis...
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Gabès (redirect from Tacapae (titular see))
bishopric that, no longer being a residential see, is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. Three of its bishops are known: Dulcitius,...
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charge of the suburbicarian dioceses). Most titular bishops hold the title to a titular see. Assigning titular sees serves two purposes. Since part of being...
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Aphrodisias (redirect from Stauropolis (titular see))
beginning of the 10th century. Stauropolis is also a Roman Catholic titular metropolitan see, under the name Stauropoli (Latin: Archidioecesis Stauropolitana)...
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Ptolemais in Phoenicia (section Latin titular see)
Language). It was an ancient bishopric that became a double Catholic titular see. In the Middle Ages, it was known as Acre amongst some Crusaders, who...
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22 – 1944.07.29) Bury (1889), p. 458-462 Holmes (1905), p. 728-730 "Titular See of Phasis, Georgia". Bury, John Bagnell (1889), A History of the Later...
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Myra (redirect from Myra (titular see))
particular. While Latin bishops are no longer appointed to this Eastern titular see, Melkite bishops are. After a siege in 809, Myra fell to Abbasid troops...
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Serra is a titular see of the Catholic Church. It goes back to a defunct bishopric in the ancient city Serra in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis...
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Tantura (redirect from Dora (titular see))
several 14th and 15th century Latin bishops of the see, which under the name Dora is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. Tantura rose in importance...
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has been proposed. Leuce is now listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a titular see of the Catholic Church. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana...
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Bishopric of Thyatira (Italian: Tiatira) is a titular see of the Catholic Church centered on the ancient Roman city of Thyatira in Asia Minor. The bishopric...
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Arqa (section Latin titular see)
the Battle of Qarqar. The former bishopric became a double Catholic titular see (Latin and Maronite). The Roman Emperor Alexander Severus was born there...
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Britonia (section Titular see)
today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. The diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as Latin Titular bishopric of Britonia (also Curiate Italian)...
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Ierissos (section Titular see)
and former bishopric Hierissus, and as such remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Ferries run from Ierissos to the east coast of Mount Athos. Since the...
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Hersonissos (section Titular see)
afterwards became an Episcopal city. The episcopal see associated with this town is now a titular see (“Chersonesus in Creta”) of the Catholic Church. Hersonissos...
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Since 1969 Rubicon has been a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It takes its name from the lapsed Diocese of Rubicón in Spain, previously a suffragan...
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Nicopolis (disambiguation) (redirect from Nicopolis (titular see))
Nicopolis was an ancient city and archbishopric in Epirus, now in continental Greece. Nicopolis or Nikopolis (Greek: "city of victory") may also refer...
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Archbishop (section Titular archiepiscopal sees)
archbishop emeritus of a titular see; an archbishop who holds a titular see keeps it until death or until transferred to another see. In the Anglican Communion...
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consecrated bishop in 1848. In the early 20th century a titular bishop (of various other sees) was the head of this vicariate Apostolic. Sophia had 105...
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Ardmore, County Waterford (redirect from Ard Mor (Titular See))
residential bishopric, Árd Mór is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. The parish, now called that of 'Ardmore and Grange', is in the Roman...
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