See also: Titular bishop, Titular church, and Archbishop § Titular archiepiscopal sees
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 archbishop" (intermediary rank) or "titular bishop" (lowest rank), which normally goes by the status conferred on the titular see.
Titular sees are dioceses that no longer functionally exist, often because the territory was conquered by Muslims or because it is schismatic. The Greek–Turkish population exchange of 1923 also contributed to titular sees. The see of Maximianoupolis along with the town that shared its name was destroyed by the Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan in 1207; the town and the see were under the control of the Latin Empire, which took Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Parthenia, in north Africa, was abandoned and swallowed by desert sand.[1]
^Kiel, Machiel (1971). "Observations on the history of Northern Greece during the Turkish rule: historical and architectural description of the Turkish monuments of Komotini and Serres, their place in the development of Ottoman Turkish architecture and their present condition". Balkan Studies. 12. Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies: 417. ISSN 0005-4313.
A titularsee in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or...
This is the official list of titularsees of the Catholic Church included in the Annuario Pontificio. Archiepiscopal sees are shown in bold. The Italian-language...
the Catholic Church as a titularsee. Rome suppressed the see formally c. 1600, but immediately transformed it into a titular archbishopric Amasea, of...
(120 mi) north of Cairo. It was a Catholic bishopric and is a multiple titularsee. It is also a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities...
several 14th and 15th century Latin bishops of the see, which under the name Dora is still a titularsee of the Catholic Church. Tantura rose in importance...
The titular nation is the single dominant ethnic group in a particular state, typically after which the state was named. The term was first used by Maurice...
retained Chalcedon as a titularsee with archiepiscopal rank, with known incumbents since 1356. Among the titular bishops named to this see were William Bishop...
residential bishopric, Callipolis is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titularsee. Cyrillus fl. 431 Harmonius fl. 538 Melchisedec fl. 787 Joseph Paulus...
charge of the suburbicarian dioceses). Most titular bishops hold the title to a titularsee. Assigning titularsees serves two purposes. Since part of being...
particular. While Latin bishops are no longer appointed to this Eastern titularsee, Melkite bishops are. After a siege in 809, Myra fell to Abbasid troops...
beginning of the 10th century. Stauropolis is also a Roman Catholic titular metropolitan see, under the name Stauropoli (Latin: Archidioecesis Stauropolitana)...
Language). It was an ancient bishopric that became a double Catholic titularsee. In the Middle Ages, it was known as Acre amongst some Crusaders, who...
It is now one of the bishoprics listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titularsees and is referred to as Neocaesarea in Ponto to distinguish it from Neocaesarea...
assignable to one of the cardinals Titular see, an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions Titular nation, the single dominant ethnic group...
residential bishopric, Cissa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titularsee. The Croats arrived in the 7th century along with the great migration...
today listed by the Catholic Church as a titularsee. The diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as Latin Titular bishopric of Britonia (also Curiate Italian)...
afterwards became an Episcopal city. The episcopal see associated with this town is now a titularsee (“Chersonesus in Creta”) of the Catholic Church. Hersonissos...
and former bishopric Hierissus, and as such remains a Latin Catholic titularsee. Ferries run from Ierissos to the east coast of Mount Athos. Since the...
the Battle of Qarqar. The former bishopric became a double Catholic titularsee (Latin and Maronite). The Roman Emperor Alexander Severus was born there...
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