City in ancient Lydia that was included in the late Roman province of Asia Prima
Palaeopolis (in Asia) was a city in ancientLydia that was included in the lateRoman province ofAsia Prima. Itsbishopric was thus asuffragan ofEphesus, themetropolitan see of that province.
Its site is now near theTurkish town ofBeydağ.[1] Under theOttoman Empire, it was in thevilayet (province) ofİzmir.
The secular history of this city is unknown. In the 6th century AD it is mentioned byHierocles (Synecdemus 660, 4). It is found in theNotitiae Episcopatuum as late as the 13th century, among the suffragan sees of Ephesus.Le Quien (Oriens christianusI:729) mentions seven bishops of this city known by their presence at councils: Rhodon atEphesus, 431; Basilicus atChalcedon, 451; Eusebius at Constantinople, 536; George atConstantinople, 692; Gregory atNicaea, 787; Peter atConstantinople, 869; Julian atConstantinople, 879.
No longer a residential see, the bishopric is included in theCatholic Church's list oftitular sees[2] since its nominal restoration in the 18th century as Paleopolis, renamed Palaeopolis in 1925, and finally in 1933 renamed Palæopolis in Asia, avoiding confusion with its Pamphylian namesake.
It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
- Teodor Machciński (1730.02.08 – ?), no office recorded
- Giovanni Pietro Martino Pellegrini (1786.04.03 – death 1830.02.18), no office recorded
- Patrick Raymund Griffith,Dominican Order (O.P.) (1837.06.06 – death 1862.06.18), as Apostolic Vicar ofCape of Good Hope and adjacent territories (South Africa) (1837.06.06 – 1847.07.30) and later Apostolic Vicar ofCape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa) (1847.07.30 – 1862.06.18)
- Gábor Máriássy (1865.03.27 – death 1871.10.26), asAuxiliary Bishop ofEger (Hungary) (1865.03.27 – 1871.10.26)
- Simeone Volonteri (安西满),Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (M.E.M.) (1873.07.22 – death 1904.12.21), as Apostolic Vicar ofHonan 河南 (China) (1873.07.22 – 1882.08.28) and Apostolic Vicar ofSouthern Honan 河南南境 (China) (1882.08.28 – 1904.12.21)
- Antal Fetser (1906.03.08 – 1915.01.22), as Auxiliary Bishop ofOradea Mare (Romania) (1906.03.08 – 1915.01.22); later Bishop ofGyőr (Hungary) (1915.01.22 –death 1933.10.06)
- Carlo Sica (1917.12.20 – 1921.11.21), former Bishop ofFoligno (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1917.12.20), later Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus (1921.11.21 – 1939.12.02)
- Bishop-elect Guglielmo Piani,Salesians (S.D.B.) (1921.12.16 – 1922.02.17) as Auxiliary Bishop ofPuebla de los Angeles (Mexico) (1921.12.16 – 1922.02.17); later Titular Archbishop ofVelicia (1922.02.17 – 1934.04.21) &Apostolic Delegate (papal diplomatic envoy) to Philippines (1922.02.17 – 1948.10.05), Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of Nicosia (1934.04.21 – 1956.09.27) & Auxiliary Bishop ofMéxico (Mexico) (1951.04.13 – 1956.09.27)
- Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. (1922.12.01 – death 1948.12.28), Apostolic Vicar ofKimberley in Western Australia (Australia) (1922.12.01 – retired 1928)
- Souleyman Sayegh (1953.11.27 – death 1961.09.18),Auxiliary Eparch ofMossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1953.11.27 – 1961.09.18)
- Emmanuel-Karim Delly (1962.12.26 – 1967.05.06) as Auxiliary Eparch of the PatriarchateBabylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1962.12.07] 1962.12.26 – 1997), later Titular Archbishop ofKaškar of the Chaldeans (1967.05.06 – 2003.12.03) &Bishop of Curia of the Chaldeans (1997 – 2002.10.24), electedPatriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([2003.12.03] 2003.12.03 – death 2012.12.19) asEmmanuel III Delly, also President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19), President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19), createdCardinal-Patriarch (2007.11.24 – 2014.04.08, without titular church in Rome)
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