Bindaios

Coordinates: 37°51′57″N 30°43′17″E / 37.8658935°N 30.721302°E / 37.8658935; 30.721302
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Bindaios, also Binda, was a town of

Byzantine times.[1]
Under the name Binda, it became the seat of a bishop.

Its site is located near Küçük Gökceli (formerly Findos, in Isparta District) in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]

Ecclesiastical history

The bishop of Binda was a

Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Isaurian.[3]

Three bishops of the see are known through their participation in church councils. Theodorus was at the

Photius. No longer a residential bishopric, Binda is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[4]

No longer a residential bishopric, it remains a

Roman Catholic Church. Past incumbents include John D'Alton (1942–1943), Ignácio Krause (1944–1946), Celestino Fernández y Fernández (1948–1952), Eugen Seiterich (1952–1954), Bernard Joseph Topel (1955–1955), Joseph Calasanz Fließer (1956–1960), Cletus Joseph Benjamin (1960–1961), Gaetano Alibrandi (1961–2003).[5]

References

37°51′57″N 30°43′17″E / 37.8658935°N 30.721302°E / 37.8658935; 30.721302