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.

History

Pella was an ancient bishopric in with a Christian community from before 70 AD. Zebennus of Pella It was a titular see by the time Michel Le Quien wrote.

Bishops

Known ancient bishops

* ZebenusRichard Price, Michael Gaddis, ''The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon'', Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 1 Jan 2005
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Titular Catholic bishops

* Hieronim Maciej Jełowicki (21 Feb 1725 Appointed – 8 Jan 1732 ) *

Stefan Olshavskyi Stefan Simon Olshavskyi, O.S.B.M. (born as Simeon Židik; uk, Стефан Симон Ольшавський, hu, István Simon Olsavszky, sk, Štefan Simeon Olšavsky, c. 1695 – 24 December 1737) was the bishop of the Vicariate Apostoli ...

(20 May 1735 Appointed – 24 Dec 1737 ) *

Bartolomeo Antonio Passi Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo is a masculine Italian given name, the Italian equivalent of Bartholomew. Its diminutive form is Baccio. Notable people with the name include: * Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (1824–1860), Italian paleobotanist and liche ...

(28 Sep 1744 Appointed – 23 Jul 1774) *

Johann Nepomuk August Ungelter von Deisenhausen Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(12 Jul 1779 Appointed – 26 Feb 1804 ) *

Johann Nepomuk von Dankesreither Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(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 Venerable Thomas of Kurialacherry (14 January 1873 – 2 June 1925) was a Catholic bishop from Kerala. Kurialacherry was a member of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and was the first bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Changana ...

(30 Aug 1911 Appointed – 21 Dec 1923 Appointed, Bishop of Changanacherry (

Syro-Malabar lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

ese)) * William Francis Brown (29 Jan 1924 Appointed – 16 Dec 1951) *

Pedro Grau y Arola Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...

(24 Mar 1953 Appointed – 4 Mar 2002)

References

{{Subject bar , portal1= Catholicism , portal2= Jordan Catholic titular sees in Asia

History

Bishops

Known ancient bishops

Titular Catholic bishops

See also

References