Theodosiopolis in Arcadia

Coordinates: 28°11′N 30°42′E / 28.19°N 30.7°E / 28.19; 30.7
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For namesakes, see Theodosiopolis (disambiguation)

28°11′N 30°42′E / 28.19°N 30.7°E / 28.19; 30.7 Theodosiopolis (in Arcadia) was an Ancient city and diocese in Lower Egypt,

The town was the

bishopric and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.[1][2]

Its modern site is Taha Al-Amidah, (Governorate of Minya) in northern Egypt.

History

Theodosiopolis was important enough in the Late

suffragan of its capital Oxyrhynchus's Metropolitan Archbishopric,[3]
but the bishopric was to fade with the city.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic

titular bishopric
around 1600 under the name Theodosia, but was renamed Theodosiopolis in 1925, and finally to Theodosiopolis in Arcadia (avoiding confusion with namesakes) in 1933.

It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents, first of the lowest (episcopal) rank, but since 1669 of the archiepiscopal (intermediary) rank :

Source and external links

Specific

  1. ^ Theodosiopolis in Arcadia, catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013.
  3. ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and Other Works, of the Rev. Joseph Bingham, Volume 3(W. Straker, 1840) p 202.
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