Titular Episcopal See of

Cyrene

Libya

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Location: ruins of Qrennah, Cirene, pr. Libia Pentapolitana, Libya

History

100?: Established as Diocese of Cyrene (latine) / Cirene (Italiano) / Cyrenen(sis) (Latin)
600?: Suppressed
1400?: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Cyrene (latine) / Cirene (Italiano) / Cyrenen(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:

vacant

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Cyrene (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Theodore of Cyrene
(? – 302?)

Died:

302? 🩸 (Pentapolis, Libya)

Bishop of Cyrene (? – 302?)

Martyr. Bishop. Companion of Saint Irenaeus, Saint Serapion and Saint Ammonius.

Saint Bishop Lucius of Cyrene
(? – 100?)

Died:

100?

Bishop of Cyrene (? – 100?)

Bishop. (Acts 13:1).

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Valérien Bélanger (1956.03.16 – 1983.02.19)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Antonio Di Tommaso (1947.02.08 – 1956.03.02)
Titular Bishop: Bishop James Francis McIntyre (later Cardinal) (1940.11.16 – 1946.07.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. (1929.11.09 – 1937.04.10)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. (1904.07.23 – 1929.07.18)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Felice Gialdini (1898.11.28 – 1903.11.23)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin (later Cardinal) (1891.12.18 – 1898.04.12)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Pietro Cappellari (1881.05.06 – 1901.08.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Achilles Rinaldini (1879.02.28 – 1880.12.17)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Antonio Canzi (1867.12.20 – 1878.07.28)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Marcin von Siemieński (1816.03.08 – 1831.09.27)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Simone de Magistris, C.O. (1792.02.27 – 1802.10.06)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Pier Luigi Galletti, O.S.B. (1778.09.28 – 1790.12.13)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Nicolas-Xavier Santamarie (1726.09.16 – 1776.08.26)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Prospero Marefoschi (later Cardinal) (1711.06.01 – 1721.02.03)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Dominico Tomati (1700.03.30 – 1711.03.23)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Stefano Menati (1686.10.28 – 1694.09.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Mario Fani (1667.03.21 – 1682.02.16)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Tommaso Caracciolo, C.R. (1631.11.10 – 1637.03.30)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Gereon Otto von Gutmann zu Sobernheim (1616.07.13 – 1638.09.25)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Antonio de Gouvea, O.E.S.A. (1611.08.19 – 1628.08.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Theodor Riphaen (1606.08.30 – 1616.01.14)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johann Nopel (1601.09.10 – 1605.01.06)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Laurentius Fabritius (1588.03.23 – 1600.07.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Theobald Craschel (1574.05.05 – 1587.07.31)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johann Pennarius, O.F.M. (1557.10.06 – 1563.09.11)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johann Nopel (1539.10.29 – 1556.07.06)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Quirin Op dem Veld von Willich (1521.10.25 – 1537.11.09)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Jean Bourgeois (1506 – ?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Théodore Wichwael, O.E.S.A. (1504.08.02 – 1519.03.03)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johann Spenner, O.F.M. (1482.11.04 – 1503.12.05)
Titular Bishop: Fr. Heinrich Unkel, O.F.M. (1481 – 1482.01.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Matthias Emich, O. Carm. (1476.08.16 – 1480.05.24)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Dionysius Part, O.P. (1474 – 1475.10.13)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Sigfried Piscator, O.P. (1446.03.07 – 1473.10.16)

as of 2021.09.23