Titular Metropolitan See of

Marcianopolis

Bulgaria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Metropolitan See

Location: Devna, Devnia, pr. Mesia Inferiore, Bulgaria

History

Established as Titular Metropolitan See of Marcianopolis (latine) / Marcianopoli (Italiano) / Marcianopolitan(us) (Latin)

Titular Archbishop

Titular Archbishop (2016.02.09 – ...):

Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells (58)

Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland

Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia

Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho

Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. (1991.01.16 – 1997.09.29)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Teofilo Camomot Bastida (1958.06.10 – 1988.09.27)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giovanni Sismondo (1955.02.21 – 1957.12.07)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. (1945.02.24 – 1954.12.25)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giuseppe di Girolamo (1941.01.01 – 1944.10.28)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. (1937.08.14 – 1939.05.16)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant (光若翰), M.E.P. (1921.12.11 – 1935.03.06)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Paolo Schinosi (1901.02.20 – 1921.07.18)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Macario Sorini (1900.04.19 – 1900.12.31)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick (1895.06.08 – 1896.03.04)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Ildefonso Giovanni Battista Borgna, O.C.D. (1886.12.14 – 1894.12.04)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Ignace Bourget (1876.06.26 – 1885.06.08)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Nicolás Castells, O.F.M. Cap. (1866.06.19 – 1873.09.07)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Jan Marceli Gutkowski (1856.09.18 – 1863.10.02)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giovanni Battista Fonton, O.F.M. Conv. (1799.03.16 – 1816.08.26)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giuseppe Roverani (1767.03.10 – 1772.07.02)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Castelli, O.P. (1709.06.19 – 1714.03.21)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Vito Piluzzi, O.F.M. Conv. (1678.09.05 – 1704.01.06)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Marcus Bandulovi, O.F.M. (1643.11.16 – 1650.01.27)

as of 2022.05.10