Briula
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Ancient city and bishopric of ancient Lydia
Briula or Brioula (
Asia Minor, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see
.
Its site is located near
History
The city was important enough in the Late
suffragans of its great capital Ephesus
's Metropolitan Archbishopric. However, like most, it was to fade.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in as Latin Catholic
titular bishopric
.
It has had the following incumbents, all of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
- Kyril Stefan Kurteff (1926.07.31 – 1971.03.09), twice Sofia of the Bulgarians(Bulgaria) (1926.07.31 – 1942 and 1951.04.27 – death 1971.03.09)
- Christo Proykov (1993.12.18 – ...), Apostolic Exarch of above Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1995.09.05 – ...), President of Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
See also
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 650. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Briula". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
External links
Catholicism
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