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Diocese of Pella

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Diocese of Pella

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.

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History

Pella was an ancient Bishopric in with a Christian community from before 70AD.

Zebennus of Pella

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

known Ancient bishops

  • Zebenus
  • Titual Catholic bishops

  • Hieronim Maciej Jełowicki (21 Feb 1725 Appointed - 8 Jan 1732 )
  • Stefan Olshavskyi (20 May 1735 Appointed - 24 Dec 1737 )
  • Bartolomeo Antonio Passi (28 Sep 1744 Appointed - 23 Jul 1774)
  • Johann Nepomuk August Ungelter von Deisenhausen (12 Jul 1779 Appointed - 26 Feb 1804 )
  • Johann Nepomuk von Dankesreither (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))
  • William Francis Brown (29 Jan 1924 Appointed - 16 Dec 1951)
  • Pedro Grau y Arola (24 Mar 1953 Appointed - 4 Mar 2002)
  • References

    Diocese of Pella Wikipedia