Sion (Asia Minor)

Sion is a former Ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor (ASian Turkley), and presently a Latin Catholic titular see.

History

Sion was a city in the Roman province of Asia Prima. It was important enough to become a bisopric, suffragan of the Metropolitan of the provincial capital Ephesus, but faded.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a titular bishopric (see of the lowest rank), suppressed shortly in 1925, restored as such in 1929 and promoted to titular archbishopric (intermediary rank) on 12 December 1950.

It is vacant, having had the following incumbents:

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