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Diocese of Antigonia

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Diocese of Antigonia

The Diocese of Antigonea is a suppressed, Titular See of the Early Christian Church. The ancient city of Antigonea in Syria was the seat of the bishopric of the ancient Diocese of Antigonea, where the following bishops are known to have sat.

Bishops

  • Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher (12 Apr 1728 Appointed - 24 Feb 1749)
  • Georg Franz Lock (22 May 1801 Appointed - 7 Sep 1831)
  • Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña (3 Jul 1848 Appointed - 10 Mar 1853)
  • David Moriarty (8 Mar 1854 Appointed - 22 Jul 1856 Succeeded, Bishop of Kerry)
  • James Frederick Wood (9 Jan 1857 Appointed - 5 Jan 1860 Succeeded, Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Thomas Grimley (18 Dec 1860 Appointed - 29 Jan 1871)
  • Jean-Claude Duret, C.S.Sp. (26 Aug 1873 Appointed - 29 Dec 1875)
  • Marie-Jean-Gustave Blanc, (17 Apr 1877 Appointed - 21 Feb 1890)
  • Giulio Marsili (12 Aug 1890 Appointed - 28 Jul 1911)
  • Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, (23 Aug 1911 Appointed - 9 Jun 1957)

    • References

    Diocese of Antigonia Wikipedia
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