Titular Episcopal See of

Prusa

Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Prusa (latine) / Prusa (Italiano) / Prusen(sis) (Latin)

Location: Brusa, pr. Bitinia I, m. Nicomedia, Turkiye

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:

vacant

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Prusa (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Paul of Prusa
(? – 850)

Died:

850

Bishop of Prusa (? – 850)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Patrick of Prusa
(? – 300?)

Died:

300? 🩸 (Prusa, Turkiye)

Bishop of Prusa (? – 300?)

Bishop. Companion of Saint Acatius of Prusa, Saint Menander of Prusa and Saint Polyænus of Prusa. Martyr.

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. (1952.12.11 – 1976.02.26)
Titular Bishop: Bishop José Marcos Semeria (1922.06.09 – 1934.10.11)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. (1907.03.03 – 1916.06.29)
Titular Bishop: Fr. Pawel Rzewuski (1863.03.16 – 1892.10)
Titular Bishop: Venerable Bishop Melchior-Marie-Joseph Marion de Brésillac, S.M.A. (1845.03.16 – 1859.06.25)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Michal Roman Sierakowski (1778.12.08 – 1802.07?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Benjamin Petre, O.S.B. (1721.06.23 – 1758.12.22)

History

300?: Established as Diocese of Prusa (latine) / Prusa (Italiano) / Prusen(sis) (Latin)
1300?: Suppressed
1700?: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Prusa (latine) / Prusa (Italiano) / Prusen(sis) (Latin)

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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