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Koyulhisar

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Country
  
Post code
  
58660

Local time
  
Saturday 2:55 AM

Elevation
  
970 m (3,180 ft)

Website
  
www.koyulhisar.bel.tr

Province
  
Koyulhisar

Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 94% Humidity

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Koyulhisar is a town, former bishopric, present Catholic double titular see and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Osman Epsileli (MHP).

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Map of Koyulhisar, 58660 Koyulhisar%2FSivas, Turkey

Koyulhisar esnaflar


History

The ancient city of Nicopolis in Armenia (v.; Νικόπολις in ancient Greek) stood at this place and rose to Metropolis of Roman Lesser Armenia.

Historically, it has also been known as Koyluhisar and Koyunlu Hisar. This name seemingly hails from the Latin colonia (Roman colony), as it was also the (identical?nearby) site of Colonia (in Armenia), which became important enough to be a suffragan in the Late Roman Province of Armenia Prima, but faded like most in Asia Minor.

Titular see

In the late 19th century, the diocese was nominally restored as an Armenian Catholic titular bishopric of Colonia. As such it has incumbent of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

  • Santiago Costamagna, Salesians (S.D.B.) (1895.03.18 – 1921.12.09)
  • Edward Francis Hoban (1921.11.21 – 1928.02.21) (later Archbishop)
  • In 1929 it was promoted to titular archbishopric, in 1933 renamed Colonia in Armenia, avoiding confusion with Colonia in Cappadocia or German Colonia (Cologne). As such it is vacant, having had the following incumbents of the intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank :

  • Vahan Kitchourian (1930.05.03 – 1931.06.08)
  • Pietro Kedigian (1936.07.24 – 1957.09.17)
  • Louis Batanian (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04), as Auxiliary Eparch of Cilicia of the Armenians (patriarchate, actually in Beirut, Lebanon) (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04); previously Archeparch of Mardin of the Armenians (1933.08.05 – 1940.08.10), Titular Archbishop of Gabula (1940.08.10 – 1952.12.06), Archeparch of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) (1952.12.06 – 1959.04.24); later Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([1962.09.04] 1962.11.15 – 1976.04.22) as Ignatius (Iknadios) Bédros XVI Batanian and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1969 – 1976.04.22)
  • Paul Coussa (1969.08.26 – 1983.06.27)
  • References

    Koyulhisar Wikipedia


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