Colonia orKoloneia, also calledColonia in Armenia (Armenian:Կոլոնիա) to distinguish it from other towns of the same name, was a town of ancientLesser Armenia, inhabited duringHellenistic,Roman, andByzantine times.[1] It became important enough to be the seat of a bishop, asuffragan in the LateRoman Province ofArmenia Prima, but faded like most in Asia Minor. No longer a residential bishopric, it remains, under the name Colonia in Armenia, atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[2]
Its site is located nearŞebinkarahisar inAsiatic Turkey.[1][3]
In the late 19th century, the diocese was nominally restored as an Armenian Catholictitular bishopric ofColonia. As such it has incumbent of the lowest (episcopal) rank:
In 1929 it was promoted totitular archbishopric, in 1933 renamedColonia in Armenia, avoiding confusion withColonia in Cappadocia or German Colonia (Cologne). As such it is vacant, having had the following incumbents of the intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank :
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