Catholic archdiocese of Ephesus

The Catholic Archdiocese of Ephesus is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church[1][2][3] (in Latin: Archidioecesis Ephesina). It is the Catholic counterpart of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Ephesus, which is a titular bishopric under Patriarchate of Constantinople (in Greek: Μητρόπολις Εφέσου; Mitrópolis Efesou).

History

Both the Catholic and Orthodox churches lay claim to the ancient bishopric founded in the 1st century by Saint Timothy.[4]

Beginning in the 14th century,[5][6] Ephesus was one of the archbishopric claimed by the Catholic Church, due in part to the Catholic Church involvement in the east Mediterranean.

The first known bishop was Franciscan named Corrado (fl1318) whom Le Quien called vir doctus et in linguis orientalis versatus.[7] On several occasions the bishopric was attributed to bishops who later became cardinals. The last Catholic holder was Giovanni Enrico Boccella,[8][9] emeritus bishop of Smyrna, who died on 22 May 1992.

Catholic Bishops

See also

References
  1. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 443.
  2. Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 240; vol. 3, p. 193; vol. 4, p. 183.
  3. vol. 5, pp. 195–196; vol. 6, p. 209.
  4. Jean Darrouzès, Notitiae episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae. Texte critique, introduction et notes, Parigi 1981.
  5. Siméon Vailhé, v. Ephesus, Catholic Encyclopedia vol. V, New York 1909.
  6. Pascal Culerrier, Les évêchés suffragants d'Éphèse aux 5e-13e siècles, in Revue des études byzantines, tome 45, 1987, pp. 139–164.
  7. Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris,i 1740), Tomo I, coll. 597.
  8. "Ephesus (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. Titular Metropolitan See of Ephesus at GCatholic.org.
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