Bononia (titular see)
Bononia, once the residential episcopal see of the city of that name, is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[1]
History
The city of Bononia lay within the ancient Roman province of Dacia Ripensis. Under its present name of Vidin, it is part of Bulgaria.[2]
It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the provincial capital Raziaria. The Latin adjective by which the diocese is referred to is Bononiensis.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric in 1933.
It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
- Antoine Caillot (1961.12.12 – 1964.03.24)
- John Burke (1966.08.03 – 1970.07.24)
- José Julio Aguilar García (1970.12.05 – 1972.11.02)
- James Moriarty (1991.06.26 – 2002.06.04)
- Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla (1973.01.30 – 1991.04.30)
- Milan Šášik, Vincentians (C.M.) (2002.11.12 – 2010.03.17)
- John J. McIntyre (2010.06.08 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) .
References
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 852
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
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