Batnæ

History

• Established as Titular Episcopal See of Bathna (latine) / Batnan (Italiano)
• 1922: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bathna (latine) / Batnan-Jarug (Italiano)
• 1923: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bathna (latine) / Bathnan-Sarugh (Italiano)
• 1924: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Batna (latine) / Bathnan-Sarug (Italiano)
• 1925: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bahtna (latine) / Bahtna (Italiano) / Bathnan (Italiano) / Batnan (Italiano)
• 1929: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bahtnæ (latine) / Bahtna (Italiano) / Bathnan (Italiano) / Batnan (Italiano)
• 1930: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Bahtnæ (latine) / Bathne (Italiano) / Batnan (Italiano)
• 1933: Suppressed
• 1963: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Batnæ (latine) / Batne (Italiano) / Bathnen(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2002.02.25 – ...):

Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki (86) Patriarchal Exarch emeritus of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Former Titular Bishops

• Titular Bishop:  Bishop Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad (later Patriarch) (1996.06.29 – 2001.02.16)
• Titular Bishop:  Bishop Gregorios Elias Tabé (later Archbishop) (1995.06.24 – 1996.05.25)
• Titular Bishop:  Bishop-elect Basile Pierre Habra (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)
• Titular Bishop:  Bishop Athanase Jules Benham Kalian (later Archbishop) (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06)
• Titular Bishop:  Bishop Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni (later Cardinal) (1913.01.19 – 1921.02.24)