Chariopolis or Charioupolis ( gr, Χαριούπολις), modern Hayrabolu in

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, was a residential

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of the

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during the

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(8th–14th centuries). Only a few of its bishops are known. After the Ottoman conquest in the 1350s, it became a

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and disappeared entirely in the 15th century. The

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established it as a titular see in the 18th century, and continued awarding it until the 20th century.

Residential Orthodox see

Chariopolis is first mentioned with the presence of Theophylact, Bishop of Chariopolis (ἐπίσκοπος Χαριουπόλεως), at the

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in 787, and of Bishop Kosmas at the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 879. However, it only appears in the ''

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'' of the

in the early 10th century, as a suffragan the

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of Heraclea. In the 11th century, a bishop Michael is known through his seal; from the decoration it appears that he may have previously been a member of the clergy of the

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Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

. In 1305 or 1306, an unnamed bishop of Chariopolis attended a synod called by

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to condemn John Drimys. In 1347, the subordination of the bishopric of Chariopolis, which apparently had been vacant since the start of the

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, to Heraclea was formally renewed by imperial ''

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''. In 1351, the local bishop, whose name is not recorded, participated in a synod against Barlaam of Calabria under Patriarch Callistus I of Constantinople. Chariopolis was conquered by the Ottoman prince Süleyman Pasha sometime between 1354 and 1362. As a result of the Ottoman conquest, by the end of the 14th century, the bishopric became a

, and vanishes completely in the 15th century.

Titular Catholic see

The

established "Chariopolis" (until 1925 "Cariopolis", in it, Cariopoli), as an episcopal titular see in the early 18th century, and still lists it as a titular see.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 859 The see has had eight incumbents: * Bishop

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(1713.09.20 – 1714.12) * Bishop Jan Chryzostom Kaczkowski (1781.06.25 – 1816.02.24) * Bishop Raffaele Serena (1837.10.02 – 1858) * Bishop Abraham Agabio Bsciai (1866.02.27 – 1887.02.20) * Bishop Francesco Giampaolo (1888.06.01 – 1898.12.08) * Bishop Joachim-Pierre Buléon,

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(1899.06.06 – 1900.06.13) * Bishop Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M. (1905.09.01 – 1941.10.17) * Bishop Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. (1945.05.04 – 1970.09.11)

Titular Orthodox see

Since the 19th century, the title of Bishop of Chariopolis has been assigned to vicar bishops of the Patriarchate of Constantinople: * Dorotheos (Prasinos) (December 3, 1855 - January 11, 1862) * Gennadios (Sotiriadis) (October 1, 1867 - November 26, 1894) * Germanos (Karavangelis) (25 February 1896 - 21 October 1900) * Philotheos (Michaelidis) (February 15, 1903 - March 11, 1908) * Kostantinos (Asimiadis) (6 April 1908 — 10 January 1912) * Gennadios (Zasiadis) (11 April 1926 — 25 July 1939) * Emilian (Lalousis) (November 6, 1960 — August 27, 1992) * John (Renneteau) (March 15, 2015 - August 30, 2019) * Bartholomew (Anastasiadis) (since November 21, 2021)

References

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chariopolis Catholic titular sees in Europe Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople