The city of

Iconium Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

Lycaonia Lycaonia (; el, Λυκαονία, ''Lykaonia''; tr, Likaonya) was a large region in the interior of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), north of the Taurus Mountains. It was bounded on the east by Cappadocia, on the north by Galatia, on the west by ...

has been a Christian bishopric since the 1st century under the

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. In 1662, a

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(''Archidioecesis Iconiensis'') was established, although the area had never actually been Catholic in profession.

List of titular bishops

Cardinal Pietro Caprano. *

Joannes Mattaeus Caryophyllis Joannes Mattaeus Caryophyllis (1566–1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Iconium'' (1622–1633). ''(in Latin)''

(8 Aug 1622 Appointed - 23 May 1633) * Giulio Caracciolo, (24 Aug 1671 - ) * Camillo Paolucci (26 Jun 1724 Appointed - 18 Apr 1746) * Matteo Trigona (1 Apr 1748 Appointed - 29 Jun 1754) * Agatino Maria Reggio Statella (17 Feb 1755 - 6 Feb 1764) *

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(1 Dec 1766 Appointed - 21 Feb 1794) * Antonio Maria Odescalchi (1 Jun 1795 - 28 May 1804) *

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(8 Mar 1816 - 21 May 1829) *Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (29 Mar 1833 - 7 Sep 1836) * Niccola Candoni (28 Feb 1837 - 15 Nov 1838) *

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(23 May 1842 - 19 Oct 1845) * Vincenzo Annovazzi (21 Sep 1846 - 4 Aug 1850 ) * Antonio Ligi-Bussi, (17 Feb 1851 - 9 Sep 1862) *

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, (17 May 1867 - 4 Oct 1897) *

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(14 Dec 1899 - 20 Apr 1903 Died) *

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(22 Jun 1903 - 23 Jan 1918 Died) *

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(11 Jun 1918 - 3 Sep 1937) * Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (25 Jun 1937 Appointed - 18 Feb 1946) *

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, (22 Sep 1937 Appointed - 11 Nov 1950) *

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(22 Dec 1950 - 5 Mar 1973)

References

Sources

* (for Chronology of Bishops) *{{Cite web, last=Chow , first=Gabriel, authorlink=, title=Titular Metropolitan See of Iconium (Turkey) , publisher=GCatholic.org, date=, url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0913.htm , accessdate=June 16, 2018 (for Chronology of Bishops) * Pius Bonifacius Gams
''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae''
Leipzig 1931, p. 451 Catholic titular sees in Asia Dioceses established in the 17th century Culture in Konya