Attalea or Attaleia () was a Roman city of
ancient Lydia
Lydia (; ) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
At some point before 800 BC, the Lyd ...
, former diocese and is presently a
Latin Catholic
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titular
bishopric
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
. Its modern location is Yanantepe in Asian
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
History
Attalea was originally named Agroeira or Alloeira. Attalea was important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Lydia
Lydia (; ) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
At some point before 800 BC, ...
to become a
suffragan
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
diocese of its capital
Sardes
Sardis ( ) or Sardes ( ; Lydian language, Lydian: , romanized: ; ; ) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Persian Lydia (satrapy) ...
's Metropolitan Archbishopric, and to mint coins.
Yet it was to fade.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933.
It is vacant, having had a single incumbent of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Carlo Maria Giuseppe de Fornari (1730.12.11 – ?), as emeritate; formerly Bishop of
Aléria
Aléria (; Ancient Greek: /, ; Latin and Italian: ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It includes the easternmost point in Metropolitan Fr ...
(1713.01.30 – 1715.02.20), Bishop of
Albenga
Albenga (; ) is a city and ''comune'' situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy.
Albenga has the nickname of ''city of a hundred spires''. The economy is mostly based on tourism, loc ...
(Italy) (1715.02.20 – 1730.12.11)
See also
*
Catholic Church in Turkey
The Catholic Church in Turkey is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the canonical leadership of the curia in Rome that is submitted to the Pope.
Demographics
In the 2000s, there are around 25, ...
References
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Catholic titular sees in Asia
Populated places in ancient Lydia
Former populated places in Turkey
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
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