Vasada (Ancient Greek:Οὐάσαδα,Ouasada) was a city ofancient Lycaonia and later ofIsauria,Asia Minor (modernTurkey). It was located a little to the southwest ofLaodiceia.[1][2] In theacta of church councils attended by its bishop, the name appears variously asUsada orOusada (Οὔσαδα) orAasada (Ἀάσαδα).[3]
Its site is located nearBostandere,Konya Province,Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]
Vasada, identified with the ruins on MountKestel Dağ near modernSeydişehir, was important enough in theRoman province ofLycaonia to become asuffragan of theMetropolis of Iconium, under thePatriarchate of Constantinople.
These bishops were historically documented:
The diocese was nominally restored in 1929 by theRoman Catholic Church as thetitular bishopric of Vasada.
It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents:
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