The Archdiocese of Nicaea (; gr, Νίκαια ) is a presently ''
sede vacante''
titular archdiocese
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of the
Latin Church in the
Catholic Church. Historically associated with the territorial
episcopal see
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
in the
Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...
n city of
Nicaea (now
İznik,
Turkey), the city which hosted the
Councils of Nicaea which resulted in multiple
infallible statements and the creation of the now famous
Nicene Creed
The original Nicene Creed (; grc-gre, Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας; la, Symbolum Nicaenum) was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople. The amended form is a ...
which is recited at every
Mass,
Divine Liturgy, and
Holy Qurbana
The Holy Qurbana ( syr, ܩܘܼܪܒܵܢܵܐ ܩܲܕܝܫܵܐ, ''Qurbānā Qaddišā'' in Eastern Syriac or ''Qurbānā Qandišā'' in the Indian variant of Eastern Syriac, the "Holy Offering" or "Holy Sacrifice" in English), refers to the Eucharis ...
.
Bishops
List of titular bishops:
* Titular Archbishop
Giovanni Bessarione (1437 – 1440)
* Titular Archbishop
Jean di Pranga (10 Oct 1444 – 7 May 1446)
* Titular Archbishop
Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão - (23 Jan 1555 – 1577)
* Titular Archbishop
Giovanni Beltrano De Ghevara - (16 Jan 1573.01.16 – ?)
* Titular Archbishop
Vincentius Quatrimanus - (13 Aug 1592 – ?)
* Titular Archbishop
Bernardino Piccoli
Bernardino Piccoli (1581–1636) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Strongoli (1627–1636) ''(in Latin)''
and Titular Archbishop of ''Nicaea'' (1622–1627). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
Bernardino Piccoli was born in Umbriatico ...
- (15 Dec 1621 – 2 Oct 1627)
* Titular Archbishop
Didacus Secco - (19 Dec 1622 – Jul 1623)
* Titular Archbishop
Jacobus de la Haye - (3 Mar 1653 – ?)
* Titular Archbishop
Gasparo Carpegna
Gaspare Carpegna (8 April 1625 – 6 May 1714) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.
Early life
Gaspare was born in 1625 in Rome. His mother was from the Spada family. He was a relative of the Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna of the Holy Roman Cat ...
- (16 Jun 1670 – 22 Dec 1670)
* Titular Archbishop
Carlo Vaini - (19 Jan 1671 – 15 May 1679)
* Titular Archbishop
Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini
Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini (1639–1699) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini was born on 16 Feb 1639 in Rome.
On 30 Jun 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, ...
- (25 Jun 1692 – 12 Dec 1695)
* Titular Archbishop
Tommaso Ruffo
Tommaso Ruffo (1663-1753) was an Italian archbishop of Ferrara and Cardinal.
Life
He was born in Naples, son of Carlo Ruffo, 3rd Duke of Bagnara. He was educated at La Sapienza University, becoming a doctor of canon and civil law. He was a ...
- (7 Apr 1698 – 17 May 1706)
* Titular Archbishop
Ferdinando Nuzzi
Ferdinando Nuzzi (1645 – 1717) was a Catholic cardinal who served as officer of the Papal States and as Bishop of Orvieto from 1716 to his death.
Life
Ferdinando Nuzzi was born in Orte on 10 September 1645 to a family of Todi. At the a ...
- (7 Jun 1706 – 16 Dec 1715)
* Titular Archbishop
Giuseppe Firrao - (2 Sep 1714– 11 Dec 1730)
* Titular Archbishop
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1 March 1690 – 28 August 1756) was an Italian nobleman and Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Gonzaga was born in Mantua. He served as papal nuncio to Flanders, 1731–1736, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal i ...
(18 Jun 1731 – 19 Dec 1738)
* Titular Archbishop
Alberico Archinto - (30 Sep 1739 – 5 Apr 1756)
* Titular Archbishop
Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi - (24 Sep 1759 – 19 Nov 1759)
* Titular Archbishop
Cesare Alberico Lucini - (28 Jan 1760 – 19 Feb 1768)
* Titular Archbishop
Filippo Sanseverino - (29 Jan 1770 – 04 Apr 1776)
* Titular Archbishop
Jean-Siffrein Maury - (24 Apr 1792 – 21 Feb 1794)
* Titular Archbishop
Pietro Gravina - (12 Sep 1794 – 8 Mar 1816)
* Titular Archbishop
Francesco Serra Casano - (16 Mar 1818 – 3 Jul 1826)
* Titular Archbishop
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso - (9 Apr 1827 – 19 May 1837)
* Titular Archbishop
Raffaele Fornari - (24 Jan 1842 – 30 Sep 1850)
* Titular Archbishop
Carlo Sacconi - (27 May 1851 – 27 Sep 1861)
* Titular Archbishop
Giuseppe Berardi - (7 Apr 1862 – 13 Mar 1868)
* Titular Archbishop
Serafino Vannutelli - (25 Jun 1869 – 14 Mar 1887)
* Titular Archbishop
Luigi Galimberti - (23 May 1887 – 16 Jan 1893)
* Titular Archbishop
Augusto Guidi - (18 May 1894 – 16 Mar 1900)
* Titular Archbishop
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta - (9 Apr 1900 – 9 Nov 1903)
* Titular Archbishop
Giovanni Tacci Porcelli - (17 Dec 1904 – 13 Jun 1921)
* Titular Archbishop
Jules Tiberghien - (21 Nov 1921 – 3 Jan 1923)
* Titular Archbishop
Giovanni Festa - (20 Jan 1923 – 18 Apr 1930)
* Titular Archbishop Giuseppe Pizzardo - (22 Apr 1930– 13 Dec 1937)
* Titular Archbishop
Aldo Laghi - (28 Aug 1938 – 2 Jan 1942)
* Titular Archbishop
Francesco Pascucci - (22 Apr 1943 – 30 Mar 1945)
* Titular Archbishop
Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet - (30 Sep 1946 – 3 Sep 1951)
* Titular Archbishop
Ilario Alcini - (27 Oct 1951 - 10 Apr 1976)
References
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Catholic titular sees in Asia
Nicaea
Catholic Church in Turkey