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.[1]
History
editPella was an ancient bishopric in [2] with a Christian community from before 70 AD.
Zebennus of Pella[3]
It was a titular see by the time Michel Le Quien wrote.[4]
Bishops
editKnown ancient bishops
edit- Zebenus[5]
Titular Catholic bishops
edit- 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)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ By W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor p169.
- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian ..., Volume 3 p61.
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p352.
- ^ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740)p?.
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 1 Jan 2005) page361.
