Hierapolis in Isauria was a city and diocese in

ancient Isauria Isauria ( or ; grc, Ἰσαυρία), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated, district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surro ...

, which remains a Latin Catholic

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. Its modern site seems unclear.

History

The city was important enough in the

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of Isauria (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 ...

, now Asian Turkey) to become a suffragan of it capital Seleucia in Isauria's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but it was to fade.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933. It is vacant since decades, having had only the following incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) rank:Catholic Hierarchy
/ref> * Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (1953.08.07 – 1963.03.01) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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References

Source and external links

GCatholic with titular incumbent biography links
{{Authority control Catholic titular sees in Asia Populated places in ancient Isauria Former populated places in Turkey Lost ancient cities and towns