Diocese of Castabala
Roman Catholic titular see
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The Diocese of Castabala is a titular see in Turkey.
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During Late Antiquity, the Diocese of Castabala was a suffragan to Anazarbus, the metropolis of the province of Cilicia Secunda.[1]
The names of seven of its diocesan bishops are known.[2][3] The first, Maris, is spoken of in an apocryphal letter of Saint Ignatius, with another letter addressed to him.[4] A bishop Moyses from Catabala was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325.[5] Theophilus, a semi-Arian and friend of Saint Basil, was sent to Rome on an embassy with two colleagues.[6] The last, Theodorus, attended the Trullan Council in 692.[7]
No longer a residential bishopric, Castabala is listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]
Titular Bishops
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank:[9]
- John Milner 1803.03.06 – 1826.04.19)
- John Murdoch (1833.06.04 – 1865.12.15)
- Louis Aloysius Lootens (1868.03.03 – 1898.01.12)Belgian, as Apostolic Vicar of Idaho and Montana (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1876.02.27) and as Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver Island (Canada) (1876.02.27 – 1898.01.12)
- Rocco Tornatore, Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1889.11.18 – 1908)
- John William Shaw (1910.02.07 – 1911.03.11) as Coadjutor Bishop of San Antonio (Texas, USA) (1910.02.07 – 1911.03.11), later succeeding as Bishop of San Antonio (1911.03.11 – 1918.01.25), later Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (1918.01.25 – 1934.11.02)
- Juan José Marcos Zapata (1913.05.30 – 1951.05.13)
- Doroteo Fernández y Fernández (1956.03.06 – 1971.07.22)
- Patrick Ebosele Ekpu (1971.06.05 – 1973.07.05) (later Archbishop)
- Felipe Tejeda García, Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (M.Sp.S.) (2000.01.29 – ... ):, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of México (Mexico)
