The Catholic Archdiocese of Ephesus is a suppressed and

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of the

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(in Latin: Archidioecesis Ephesina). It is the

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

counterpart of the

Greek Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church (, , ) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian Churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Rom ...

Metropolis of Ephesus The Metropolis of Ephesus () was an ecclesiastical territory (metropolis) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in western Asia Minor, modern Turkey. Christianity was introduced already in the city of Ephesus in the 1st century AD by Pau ...

, which is a

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ric under

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(in Greek: Μητρόπολις Εφέσου; Mitrópolis Efesou).

History

Both the Catholic and Orthodox churches lay claim to the

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founded in the 1st century by

Saint Timothy Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek language, Greek: , ''Timótheos'', meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God") was an early Christian Evangelism, evangelist and the first Christianity, Christian bishop of Ephesus, whom the Acts of Timothy ...

. Beginning in the 14th century, Ephesus was one of the archbishopric claimed by the Catholic Church, due in part to the Catholic Church involvement in the east Mediterranean. The first known bishop was

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...

named Corrado (fl1318) whom

Le Quien Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian. Biography Le Quien studied at , Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made ...

called ''vir doctus et in linguis orientalis versatus''. On several occasions the bishopric was attributed to

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s who later became

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s. The last Catholic holder was Giovanni Enrico Boccella,Titular Metropolitan See of Ephesus
at GCatholic.org. emeritus bishop of

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, who died on 22 May 1992.

Catholic Bishops

*Corrado, O.F.M. † (July 5, 1318 - unknown) *Raimondo Stefano, O.P. † (July 9, 1322 -unknown) *Guglielmo, (June 16, 1349 -unknown) * Giovanni di Perugia, (November 17, 1402 -unknown) * Federico Mons, (January 2, 1411 -?) * Luca Borsciani Cybo, (September 1522 - 1523) *

Pierre de Villars Pierre de Villars (1623, Paris - 20 March 1698, Paris), known by courtesy as the Marquis de Villars, was a French people, French diplomat and Conseiller d'État (France), Councillor of State. He was the son of Claude de Villars, mestre de camp an ...

† (1 July 1613 - January 18, 1626) *

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(February 9, 1615 - August 11, 1621. * Basilio Cacace (12 February 1624 - April 27, 1646) * Jacobus de la Torre (9 November 1646 - 16 September 1661) * Vitaliano Visconti (August 11, 1664 - March 7, 1667) * Opisto Pallavicini (February 27, 1668 - September 2, 1686) * Francesco Liberati (February 24, 1688 - April 18, 1703) *

Antonio Francesco Sanvitale Antonio Francesco Sanvitale (10 February 1660 – 17 December 1714) was made a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1709. Life Antonio Francesco was born in Parma. Descended from a prominent family, including Galeazz ...

(July 16, 1703 - May 6, 1709) * Giacomo Caracciolo † (April 7, 1710 - January 17, 1718) *

Domenico Silvio Passionei Domenico Silvio Passionei (2 December 1682 – 5 July 1761) was an italy, Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Domenico Silvio Passionei was born in Fossombrone near Urbino, Marche, the second of the t ...

(July 16, 1721 - June 23, 1738) * Antonio Maria Pescatori, (June 22, 1739 - March 6, 1741) of

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* Antonio Eugenio Visconti (January 28, 1760 - April 19, 1773) *

Nicola Buschi The Catholic Archdiocese of Ephesus is a Suppression (parish), suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church (in Latin: Archidioecesis Ephesina). It is the Catholic counterpart of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Ephesus, which is a titul ...

(April 11, 1785 - August 11, 1800) * Benedict Sinibaldi (August 11, 1800 - April 1816) * Paolo Leardi (September 23, 1816 - December 31, 1823) *

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (10 October 1779 – 12 August 1856) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Biography He was ordained a priest on 1 January 1803. appointed him Titular Bishop of Ephesus on 2 October 1826 and ordained a bishop on ...

(October 2, 1826 - April 6, 1835) * Lodovico Altieri (July 11, 1836 - April 21, 1845) * Alessandro Asinari of San Marzano † (19 January 1846 - 2 July 1876) * Francesco Folicaldi (March 12, 1877 - October 30, 1883) * Tobias Kirby † (January 15, 1886 - January 20, 1895) *

Sebastiano Martinelli Sebastiano Martinelli (20 August 1848 – 4 July 1918) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation of Rites. Early life Sebastiano Martinelli was born in Borgo Sant'Anna within the Archdiocese of Lucca ...

,(August 18, 1896 - April 15, 1901) * Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza † (December 16, 1901 - December 7, 1916) *

Lorenzo Lauri Lorenzo Lauri (15 October 1864 – 8 October 1941) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary from 1927 and Camerlengo from 1939 until his death and was created a cardinal in 1927. Biography Lauri was bo ...

(January 5, 1917 - December 20, 1926) *

Valerio Valeri Valerio Valeri (7 November 1883 – 22 July 1963) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious in the Roman Curia from 1953 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate i ...

(October 18, 1927 - January 12, 1953) *

Sebastiano Baggio Sebastiano Baggio (16 May 1913 – 21 March 1993) was an Italian cardinal, often thought to be a likely candidate for election to the papacy. He served as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Gover ...

(June 30, 1953 - April 30, 1969) * Giovanni Enrico Boccella (December 7, 1978 - May 22, 1992)

References

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History

Catholic Bishops

See also

References