Diocese of Castabala

Roman Catholic titular see

The Diocese of Castabala is a titular see in Turkey.

During Late Antiquity, the Diocese of Castabala was a suffragan to Anazarbus, the metropolis of the province of Cilicia Secunda.[1]

The names of seven of its diocesan bishops are known.[2][3] The first, Maris, is spoken of in an apocryphal letter of Saint Ignatius, with another letter addressed to him.[4] A bishop Moyses from Catabala was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325.[5] Theophilus, a semi-Arian and friend of Saint Basil, was sent to Rome on an embassy with two colleagues.[6] The last, Theodorus, attended the Trullan Council in 692.[7]

No longer a residential bishopric, Castabala is listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]

Titular Bishops

It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank:[9]

  • John Milner 1803.03.06 – 1826.04.19)
  • John Murdoch (1833.06.04 – 1865.12.15)
  • Louis Aloysius Lootens (1868.03.03 – 1898.01.12)Belgian, as Apostolic Vicar of Idaho and Montana (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1876.02.27) and as Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver Island (Canada) (1876.02.27 – 1898.01.12)
  • Rocco Tornatore, Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1889.11.18 – 1908)
  • John William Shaw (1910.02.07 – 1911.03.11) as Coadjutor Bishop of San Antonio (Texas, USA) (1910.02.07 – 1911.03.11), later succeeding as Bishop of San Antonio (1911.03.11 – 1918.01.25), later Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (1918.01.25 – 1934.11.02)
  • Juan José Marcos Zapata (1913.05.30 – 1951.05.13)
  • Doroteo Fernández y Fernández (1956.03.06 – 1971.07.22)
  • Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (1971.06.05 – 1973.07.05) (later Archbishop)
  • Felipe Tejeda García, Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (M.Sp.S.) (2000.01.29 – ... ):, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico)


See also

References

  1. ^ "According to Hierocles, Georgius Cyprius, and Parthey's "Notitiae episcopatuum" (I)" from Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Castabala" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 901-902
  3. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 436
  4. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Castabala" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. quoting Lequien
  5. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Castabala" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. quoting Lequien
  6. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Castabala" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. quoting Lequien
  7. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Castabala" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. quoting Lequien
  8. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 860
  9. ^ "Titular See of Castabala, Turkiye 🇹🇷". GCatholic. GCatholic.org. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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