Christopolis

Christopolis or Christoupolis (Greek: Χριστούπολις, "city of Christ") can refer to the following places and jurisdictions :

Kavala or Cavala, in Macedonia Secunda (now mainland Greece), known in Byzantine times as Christoupolis
- the former diocese of Christopolis, now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric
Birgi, now in Asian Turkey, known as Christoupolis in the 7th–12th centuries, a former diocese (but not a titular see)
Monrovia, known as Christopolis in 1822–24, now capital of Liberia (West Africa)

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