Bosporus is a former bishopric in the
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
n city now called
Kerch but remains a Latin Catholic titular Archiepiscopal See.
History
The diocese dates from pre-schism Byzantine rule, persisted under
Khazars
The Khazars ; he, כּוּזָרִים, Kūzārīm; la, Gazari, or ; zh, 突厥曷薩 ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a semi-nomadic Turkic people that in the late 6th-century CE established a major commercial empire coverin ...
rule but faded.
Titular see
It was established in 1926 as a
Titular archbishopric.
It is vacant, having the following Archiepiscopal (intermediary rank) incumbents :
* Josef Alois Kessler (1930.01.23 – 1933.12.09)
* José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934.11.17 – 1945.07.28)
* Joseph Charbonneau (1950.02.09 – 1959.11.19)
*
Jean-Marie Villot
Jean-Marie Villot (11 October 1905 – 9 March 1979) was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secret ...
(1959.12.17 – 1965.01.17), while
Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
These include:
* Coadj ...
of Lyon (France) (1959.12.17 – 1965.01.17), Undersecretary of
Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions (1962 – 1965.01.17); previously
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Vinda (1954.09.02 – 1959.12.17),
Auxiliary Bishop of
Paris
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(France) (1954.09.02 – 1959.12.17); later (succeeding) Metropolitan Archbishop of
Lyon
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(1965.01.17 – 1967.04.07),
Cardinal-Priest of
SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
SS is an abbreviation for ''Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany.
SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to:
Places
*Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China
*Province of Sassari, Italy (vehi ...
(1965.02.25 – 1974.12.12), Prefect of the Roman
Sacred Congregation for the Clergy (1967.04.07 – 1969.04.23), President of
Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State (1969 – 1979.03.09),
Papal Secretary of State (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09), Prefect of
Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09), President of
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09),
Cardinal Protector of the
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
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(1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09),
Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church
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(1970.10.16 – 1979.03.09), President of the
Pontifical Council “Cor unum” (1971.07.15 – 1978.09.04),
Cardinal-Bishop
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of
Frascati (1974.12.12 – 1979.03.09)
References
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External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
Catholic titular sees in Europe