Metropolis in Asia is both a Roman era city and a vacant titular see[1] located in the ecumenical Province of Asia, in what is today Tratsa, Turkey (near Tatarili)[2] and Haidarli[3]

City

Province of Asia

The colonia (Roman city), also called Pisidian Nikopolis,[4] had its own Geurisia Council[5] and at times minted its own coins.[6]

It is probable that Metropolis was founded as a Hellenistic colony,[7] as many names on inscriptions in the city have Macedonian names. The City was mentioned by Livy[8] and Strabo.[9]

Bishopric

Ancient bishopric

Titular Catholic bishops

  • Charles de Rousseau † (4 Dec 1606 Appointed – 26 Jun 1608)
  • Giovanni Ponzi † (18 May 1894 Appointed – 18 Mar 1895)
  • Joseph-Claude Excoffier (30 Mar 1895 Appointed – 3 May 1923)
  • Jean-Marie Jan (15 Jan 1924 Appointed – 4 Feb 1929)
  • Cyril Rudolph Jarre (18 May 1929 Appointed – 11 Apr 1946)
  • Jan van Cauwelaert (6 Jan 1954 Appointed – 10 Nov 1959)
  • Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies † (16 Jan 1961 Appointed – 25 Mar 1963)
  • Juan de Dios López de Victoria † (1 Aug 1963 Appointed – 29 Aug 1992)

References

  1. ↑ Metropolis in Asia at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. ↑ Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press, 2 Nov., 1996) P 313-314.
  3. ↑ Ramsay, Journal of Hellenic Studies April 1883.
  4. ↑ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p403.
  5. ↑ Sviatoslav Dmitriev, City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (Oxford University Press, 2005) page 132.
  6. ↑ Metropolis at Asia Minor Coins.com.
  7. ↑ Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press, 2 Nov., 1996) P 313-314.
  8. ↑ Livy 38:15-18
  9. ↑ Strabo 14:2:29
  10. ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) p 1051.
  11. ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) p 1051.
  12. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (University of Liverpool, 2005)p103.
  13. ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) p 1051.

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