Diocese of Lethe
The Diocese of Lethe (
archbishopric of Thessalonica.[1]
History
The exact location of Lethe is unknown to
Aïvati (Khaïvati) west of Lake Koroneia in Greece. Lethe was one of the ancient bishoprics[2] of the Roman province of Macedonia Prima in the civil diocese of the same name, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Thessalonica.[3]
Since the 18th century, Lethe has been included among the titular bishopric sees of the Catholic Church.[4] The seat has been vacant since February 1, 2022.
Titular ordinaries (Roman Catholic)
- Carlo Cosenza (1728–1732)
- Anton Joseph von Lamberg (1733–1757)
- Juan Lario y Lancis (1757–1764)
- Karl Friedrich von Zehmen (1765–1798)
- Michael Francis Buttigieg (1863–1864)
- Tobias Kirby (1881–1886)
- Filippo Degni di Salento (1886–1913)
- Karl Reth (1916–1933)
- Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, O.F.M. Cap. (1933–1936)
- Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. (1937–1941)
- Peter William Bartholome (1941–1953)
- John Joseph U Win (1954–1959)
- Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. (1960–1976)
- Patrick Dougherty (1976–1983)
- Angelo (William Thomas) Acerra, O.S.B. (1983–1990)
- Carlos José Ñáñez (1990–1995)
- Jesús Murgui Soriano (1996–2003)
- Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. (2004–2022)
References
- ^ "Lete (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Eubel, Conrad (1913). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi, sive Summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series ... e documentis tabularii praesertim vaticani collecta, digesta, edita. Robarts - University of Toronto. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae.
- ^ "Titular See of Lete, Greece". GCatholic. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Eubel, Conrad (1913). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi, sive Summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series ... e documentis tabularii praesertim vaticani collecta, digesta, edita. Robarts - University of Toronto. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae.
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