Serigene is an Ancient city and former bishopric in
Roman Syria
Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great.
Following the partition of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea into tetr ...
, now a Latin Catholic
titular see.
Its modern location is Isriyë, in present
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
.
History
Serigene was important enough in the Late
Roman province of
Syria Euphratensis Secunda
Euphratensis (Latin for " Euphratean"; grc-gre, Εὑφρατησία, ''Euphratēsía''), fully Augusta Euphratensis, was a late Roman and then Byzantine province in Syrian region, part of the Byzantine Diocese of the East.
History
Sometime b ...
to be one of the
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
s of its capital
Sergiopolis's Metropolitan Archbishopric. However, its importance decreased over time.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1994 as a Latin Catholic
titular bishopric.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Titular Bishop Kajetán Matoušek (August 29, 1949 – death October 21, 1994), as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Prague (Praha) (the Czech Republic) (retired June 5, 1992)
References
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External links
GCatholic with titular incumbent bio links
Catholic titular sees in Asia