Acrassus or Akrassos ( grc, Ἄκρασος) was an ancient
Roman
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and
Byzantine
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-era city in
Lydia
Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...
(modern Turkey). in the
Roman province
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of Asia and
Lydia
Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...
.
Apparently, it is the same place that
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...
calls Nacrasa or Nakrasa ( grc, Νάκρασα), placed on the road from
Thyatira
Thyateira (also Thyatira) ( grc, Θυάτειρα) was the name of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"). The name is probably Lydian. It lies in the far west of Turkey, south of Istanbul ...
to
Pergamum
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on th ...
.
It was in the upper valley of the
Caicus River, at or near
İlyaslar, but its exact site is not located.
Acrassus
minted
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its own coins.
Bishopric
Acrassus was also the seat of a
bishopric
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History
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and remains a
titular diocese
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of
Sardis
Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...
. It is named after the ancient city and the current bishop is
Đura Džudžar
Đura Džudžar (born April 22, 1954) is Serbian eparchial bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur since 2018. He was previously titular bishop of Acrassus (2001-2018), auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo (2 ...
.
[''Le Petit Episcopologe'', Issue 162, Number 13.942.]
Known bishops
* Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez Auxiliary
Bishop of Verdun
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(France) June 25, 1896 – November 28, 1898
* Leopoldo A. Arcaira Auxiliary
Bishop of Zamboanga Auxiliary
Bishop of Malolos
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(
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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* hil, Republ ...
) November 6, 1961 – November 23, 1994
* Đura Džudžar, auxiliary bishop of the
Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo
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(3 March 2001), Exarch of the Greek Catholic
Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro (23 August 2003), Exarch of the Greek Catholic
Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia
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(19 January 2013), later Eparch of the
Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur
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(6 Décember 2018).
References
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Catholic titular sees in Asia
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Greek colonies in Anatolia
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