No longer a residential see, the bishopric is included in the
Catholic Church's list of
titular sees since its nominal restoration in the 18th century as Paleopolis, renamed Palaeopolis in 1925, and finally in 1933 renamed Palæopolis in Asia, avoiding confusion with its Pamphylian namesake. It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank : • Teodor Machciński (1730.02.08 – ?), no office recorded • Giovanni Pietro Martino Pellegrini (1786.04.03 – death 1830.02.18), no office recorded • Patrick Raymund Griffith,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (1837.06.06 – death 1862.06.18), as Apostolic Vicar of
Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories (South Africa) (1837.06.06 – 1847.07.30) and later Apostolic Vicar of
Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa) (1847.07.30 – 1862.06.18) • Gábor Máriássy (1865.03.27 – death 1871.10.26), as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Eger (Hungary) (1865.03.27 – 1871.10.26) •
Simeone Volonteri (安西满),
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (M.E.M.) (1873.07.22 – death 1904.12.21), as Apostolic Vicar of
Honan 河南 (China) (1873.07.22 – 1882.08.28) and Apostolic Vicar of
Southern Honan 河南南境 (China) (1882.08.28 – 1904.12.21) • Antal Fetser (1906.03.08 – 1915.01.22), as Auxiliary Bishop of
Oradea Mare (Romania) (1906.03.08 – 1915.01.22); later Bishop of
Győr (Hungary) (1915.01.22 –death 1933.10.06) • Carlo Sica (1917.12.20 – 1921.11.21), former Bishop of
Foligno (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1917.12.20), later Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus (1921.11.21 – 1939.12.02) •
Bishop-elect Guglielmo Piani,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (1921.12.16 – 1922.02.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico) (1921.12.16 – 1922.02.17); later Titular Archbishop of
Velicia (1922.02.17 – 1934.04.21) &
Apostolic Delegate (papal diplomatic envoy) to Philippines (1922.02.17 – 1948.10.05), Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of Nicosia (1934.04.21 – 1956.09.27) & Auxiliary Bishop of
México (Mexico) (1951.04.13 – 1956.09.27) • Ernesto Coppo, S.D.B. (1922.12.01 – death 1948.12.28), Apostolic Vicar of
Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia) (1922.12.01 – retired 1928) • Souleyman Sayegh (1953.11.27 – death 1961.09.18),
Auxiliary Eparch of
Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1953.11.27 – 1961.09.18) •
Emmanuel-Karim Delly (1962.12.26 – 1967.05.06) as Auxiliary Eparch of the Patriarchate
Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1962.12.07] 1962.12.26 – 1997), later Titular Archbishop of
Kaškar of the Chaldeans (1967.05.06 – 2003.12.03) &
Bishop of Curia of the Chaldeans (1997 – 2002.10.24), elected
Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([2003.12.03] 2003.12.03 – death 2012.12.19) as
Emmanuel III Delly, also President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19), President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (2003.12.03 – 2012.12.19), created
Cardinal-Patriarch (2007.11.24 – 2014.04.08, without titular church in Rome) == See also ==