Attanus was a Roman city and bishopric in
Asia Minor
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and remains a Latin Catholic
titular see
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.
History
The Ancient city of Attananus, near modern
Aydan, was important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Phrygia Prima 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 ...
of the Metropolitan Archbishop of its capital
Laodicea on the Lycus
Laodicea on the Lycus ( ''Laodikeia pros tou Lykou''; , also transliterated as ''Laodiceia'' or ''Laodikeia'') ( or archaically as ) was a rich ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus (Çürüksu). It was located in the ...
, but faded.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a
titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
, no later than 1952, under the names Attanasus (Latin; adjective Attanasen(sis)) / Attanaso (Curiate Italian).
It is vacant since decades, having had only two incumbents, both of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
* Lawrence Pullen Hardman,
Montfort Missionaries
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(S.M.M.) (born England) (1952.05.15 – 1959.04.25), later last
Apostolic Vicar
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The Apostles
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*The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
*Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...
of
Zomba (
Malawi
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) (1952.05.15 – 1959.04.25), promoted first Bishop of Zomba (1959.04.25 – retired 1970.09.21), emeritate as Titular Bishop of
Cenculiana
Cenculiana was a Roman era town in Roman North Africa.
Cenculiana, in today's Tunisia, is also the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman province of Byzacena. The Bishop was a suffran of Carthage.Joseph Bingham, ''Origines Ecclesiasticae ...
(1970.09.21 – resigned 1971.04.06), died 1996
*
Joseph Albert Malula (1959.07.18 – 1964.07.07), as
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Léopoldville
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(now Kinshasa,
Congo-Kinshasa
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) (1959.07.18 – 1964.07.07), succeeded as last Metropolitan Archbishop of Léopoldville (1964.07.07 – 1966.05.30), restyled first Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (1966.05.30 – 1989.06.14), created
Cardinal-priest
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of
Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica (1969.04.30 – 1989.06.14), President of
Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar or SECAM () is an agency of the Catholic Church that comprises the bishops of Africa.
History
The SECAM was born, on the occasion of the Second Vatican Council, to express the will ...
(1984 – 1987).
References
Sources and external links
GigaCatholic with titular incumbent biography links - data for all sections
Catholic titular sees in Asia
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