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The Diocese of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was a

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Phrygia In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...

(modern central

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). Through the influence of the Christian apostle

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, a church was founded at

Hierapolis Hierapolis (; grc, Ἱεράπολις, lit. "Holy City") was originally a Phrygian cult centre of the Anatolian mother goddess of Cybele and later a Greek city. Its location was centred upon the remarkable and copious hot springs in classica ...

while he was at

Ephesus Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...

. The Christian apostle

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

spent the last years of his life here. The town's

martyrium A martyrium (Latin) or martyrion (Greek), plural ''martyria'', sometimes anglicized martyry (pl. martyries), is a church or shrine built over the tomb of a Christian martyr. It is associated with a specific architectural form, centered on a cent ...

was alleged to have been built upon the spot where Philip was

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in AD 80. His

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were also said to have acted as

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esses in the region. During the 4th century,

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had become the dominant religion and begun suppressing other faiths in the area. A see of the province of

Phrygia Pacatiana In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...

, the

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emperor

Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...

raised the bishop of Hierapolis to the rank of

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in 531. The city's

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were transformed into a Christian

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. During the Byzantine period, the city continued to flourish and also remained an important centre for Christianity.

Tiberiopolis Tiberiopolis ( grc, Τιβεριούπολις; sometimes in sources, Tiberiapolis, and Pappa-Tiberiopolis; formerly Pappa) was a town in the Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana, mentioned by Ptolemy, Socrates of Constantinople and Hierocles. At ...

was a

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see.

Bishops

Residential bishops

Philip the Apostle Philip the Apostle ( el, Φίλιππος; Aramaic: ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; cop, ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, ''Philippos'') was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostl ...

* Papias fl 155AD. *

Abercius of Hierapolis __NOTOC__ Abercius of Hieropolis (Greek , died c. 167) was a bishop of Hierapolis at the time of Marcus Aurelius, also known as Abercius Marcellus. He was supposedly the successor to Papias of Hierapolis, Papias. Abercius is said to have evangel ...

155-167AD *

Apollinaris Claudius Saint Apollinaris Claudius, otherwise Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist, was a Christian leader and writer of the 2nd century. Life He was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia and became famous for his polemical treatises again ...

()Charles Evan Hill, The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church (OUP Oxford, 2004) * Alexander of Hierapolis (fl. 253) *Abercius II

Michel Le Quien Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian. He studied at Plessis College, Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made his pro ...

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* Flaccus * Lucius, attendee at the

First Council of Constantinople The First Council of Constantinople ( la, Concilium Constantinopolitanum; grc-gre, Σύνοδος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) was a council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in AD 381 b ...

* Abeneatius, attendee at the

Council of Ephesus The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church th ...

* Stephen, attendee at

* Abercius III, attendee at

Council of Chalcedon The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bith ...

*Philip *Auxanon, attendee at the

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*Sisinnius (fl. 680) *Ignatius (fl. 870) *Nicon *Arseber (fl. 997) *un-named bishop at the Synod of 1066 *George

Titular Catholic bishops

*Antonio de Alexandria, O.F.M. † (31 Jul 1346 Appointed - 25 May 1349 Appointed, Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo)) *Johann Ludwig von Windsheim, O.S.A. † (3 Aug 1468 Appointed - 19 Nov 1480 Died) *Goswin Haex von Loenhout, O. Carm. † (15 May 1469 Appointed - 31 Mar 1475 Died) *Guillaume Thurin, O.P. † (31 Aug 1478 Appointed - ) *Johann Schlecht, O.S.A. † (10 Sep 1481 Appointed - 31 Jul 1500 Died) *Vincenzo Scevola, O.P. † (21 May 1528 Appointed - ) *Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. † (23 Jan 1555 Appointed - 22 Dec 1562 Succeeded, Patriarch of Ethiopia) *João da Rocha, S.J. † (6 Mar 1623 Appointed - ) * Meletiy Smotrytskyi † (5 Jun 1631 Appointed - 6 Jan 1634 Died) *Antonio Tasca † (26 Dec 1726 Ordained Bishop - 22 Dec 1736 Died) *Carlo Maria Lomellino † (18 Apr 1742 Appointed - ) *Daniel Murray † (30 Jun 1809 Appointed - 11 May 1823 Succeeded, Archbishop of Dublin) *Ramón Montero † (13 Mar 1826 Appointed - 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Bishop of Coria) * Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. † (5 Feb 1878 Appointed - 25 Nov 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Calcutta) *Concetto Focaccetti † (23 May 1887 Appointed - 26 Sep 1889 Died) **Carolus Aslanian † (23 Sep 1890 Appointed - Jun 1897 Died) *Julien-François-Pierre Carmené † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 23 Aug 1908 Died) *Louis-François Sueur † (1 Dec 1908 Appointed - 7 Oct 1914 Died) *

Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (3 April 1876 – 17 October 1958) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and the founder of the Disciples of the Lord who served as the Apostolic Chancellor from 1954 until his death. He became a cardinal in 1 ...

(22 Jul 1921 Appointed - 9 Sep 1922 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia) *Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † (18 Dec 1925 Appointed - 20 Jul 1926 Died) *Alban Goodier, S.J. † (1 Oct 1926 Appointed - 13 Mar 1939 Died) * Lorenzo Maria Balconi, P.I.M.E. † (3 Aug 1939 Appointed - 10 Apr 1969 Died)

References

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