The

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Chersonesus Chersonesus ( grc, Χερσόνησος, Khersónēsos; la, Chersonesus; modern Russian and Ukrainian: Херсоне́с, ''Khersones''; also rendered as ''Chersonese'', ''Chersonesos'', contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson Χερσών; ...

in Zechia, is a

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formerly based in Sevastapol,

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 ...

. In 1333, a

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diocese of Chersonesus was established, but it appears that it had only a bishop, a Dominican called Richard the Englishman. No longer a residential diocese, Chersonesus in Zechia is today listed by the

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as a

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,''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 868 since the early 20th century, originally called Cherson(a) or Chersonesus, since 1933 specifically Chersonesus in Zechia, avoiding confusion with other sees called Chersonesus (notably in Crete) by specifying it is Crimean. It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, all of the intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank: * Donald Louis Mackintosh (1912.06.11 – 1919.10.08) * Alexis-Armand Charost (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22) as

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of Rennes (1920.06.15 – 1921.09.22), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Brittany, France) (1921.09.22 – 1930.11.07), created

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of S. Maria della Vittoria (1922.12.14 – 1930.11.07); previously Titular Bishop of

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(1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21) & Auxiliary Bishop of

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(France) (1913.02.14 – 1913.11.21), then Bishop of

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(France) (1913.11.21 – 1920.06.15) *

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(O.S.B.) (1922.07.25 – 1933.12.01) * Albert Levame (1933.12.21 – 1958.12.05) * Louis Parisot,

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(S.M.A.) (1960.01.14 – 1960.04.21) * Serapione Uluhogian,

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(C.A.M.) (1960.07.22 – 1965.05.16) * Hemaiagh Guédiguian, C.A.M. (1971.03.03 – 1976.07.03), later Patriarch of

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(Lebanon) ( 976.07.031976.07.05 – retired 1982.05.30), President of Synod of the

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(1976.07.05 – 1982.05.30)

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