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Diocese of Alexandretta

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The Diocese of Alexandretta is a Titular Christian bishopric centred on the town of Alexandretta in Turkey. It is also known as Alexandrinus or Cambysopolis.The bishopric of Alexandria Minor was a suffragan of Anazarbus, the capital and so also the ecclesiastical metropolis of the Roman province of Cilicia Secunda. No longer a residential diocese, Alexandria Minor is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.

List of known Bishops

  • Saint Helenus, 3rd Century.
  • Aristio, martyr saint
  • Theodore, martyr
  • Hesychius, who took part in the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and in a synod at Antioch in 341.
  • Philomusus participated in the First Council of Constantinople in 381.
  • Baranes is mentioned in connection with a synod at Antioch in 445.
  • Julianus fl 451
  • Basilius was at the synod in Constantinople in 459.
  • Paulus, deposed by Justinian fl518.
  • Łukasz Krzysztof Wielewiejski (11 Sep 1726 - 1743)
  • Franz Dominikus von Almesloe (28 Jan 1743 - 1 Mar 1760)
  • Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki (24 Jan 1763 - 1803)
  • Thomas Walsh (28 Jan 1825 - 18 Feb 1849)
  • Ildefonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. (7 Dec 1855 - 11 Jan 1888)
  • Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R. (30 Jul 1889 - 5 Apr 1906)
  • Joseph Butt (16 Jan 1911 - 23 Apr)
  • Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. † (16 Jul 1938 Appointed - 9 Jun 1961 Died)
  • Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves (1 Jun 1962 - 4 Jun 1964)
  • Elias (Youssef) of Aleppo and Alexandretta (1971 – 2000)
  • Paul (Yazigi) of Aleppo and Alexandretta (Greek-Orthodox, 2000- current) Currently taken by ISIS fighters.

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