Baris ( grc, Βάρις), called Baris in Hellesponto to distinguish it from other places called Baris, was an ancient city and bishopric in

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

, which remains a Catholic

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History

Baris was located in the

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part of

Mysia Mysia (UK , US or ; el, Μυσία; lat, Mysia; tr, Misya) was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the ...

, in the area of the modern Sarïköy and Biga in Anatolia. It was important enough in the Late

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of Hellespont(us) to be a

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see of its capital Cyzicus's Metropolitan Archbishopric, in the sway of the

Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

, but, like many cities, declined during

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. Its site is located near

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in Asiatic Turkey.

Residential Ordinaries

Two of its incumbent Bishops are recorded for certain: * Eutichianus, in whose name Metropolitan Diogenes of Cyzicus signed at the

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(451) * Domninus, who in 458 signed the letter of the bishops of the Hellespont province to

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Leo I the Thracian Leo I (; 401 – 18 January 474), also known as "the Thracian" ( la, Thrax; grc-gre, ο Θραξ),; grc-gre, Μακέλλης), referencing the murder of Aspar and his son. was Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474. He was a native of Dacia A ...

after the lynching by Coptic mobs of Patriarch

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. Two other Bishops of Baris, Paulus and Stefanus, signing at councils in 869 and 879, might be from this see or its namesake Baris in Pisidia.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored (no later than 1738 and again in 1933) as the

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(held by an ordained, non-diocesan bishop who usually serves in another capacity as well) of Baris in Hellesponto (Latin). The diocese is known as Baris di Ellesponto in Curiate Italian. The bishopric has been vacant for a number of decades, but was previously held by at least three incumbents of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, whose simultaneous assignment is listed as well: * Louis Marie Maggi (陸迪仁),

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O.P. (October 8, 1738 – death August 20, 1743), first as Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Szechwan 四川 (imperial

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) (October 8, 1738 – December 17, 1742), then succeeding as

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of Szechwan 四川 (December 17, 1742 – August 20, 1743) *

Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian (November 22, 1895 – October 11, 1960) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1954 until his death in 1960. Biography Jero ...

as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Maryland, USA) (December 22, 1953 – death October 11, 1960) * Walenty Wójcik ( pl) as Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom (

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) (October 26, 1960 – November 22, 1990).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic - data for all sections
; Bibliography * Mansi, ''Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio'', vol. VII, col. 163. Populated places in ancient Troad Populated places in ancient Mysia Former populated places in Turkey Catholic titular sees in Asia Roman towns and cities in Turkey {{AncientTroad-geo-stub