Remesiana was import enough in the Late
Roman province of
Dacia Mediterranea to become (circa 300 AD) one of the
suffragans of its capital's Metropolitan, the
Archdiocese of Serdica, in the sway of the
Patriarchate of Constantinople. It was suppressed circa 500 AD. Only two residential
Suffragan Bishops of Remesiana are historically documented : • Saint
Nicetas of Remesiana (fl. ca. 335–414), friend of
Paulinus of Nola, and to whom Gennadio di Marsiglia dedicated a brief biographical note in
De Viris Illustribus,
patron saint of
Romania, canonized by both Catholic and Orthodox churches • Diogenianus, participant at the
Second Council of Ephesus in 449.
Titular see Remesiana is an
Eastern Orthodox titular see, within the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the
Serbian Orthodox Church. Remesiana is also a
Roman Catholic titular see since circa 1890, when the diocese as nominally restored as Latin
titular bishopric of Remesiana (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Remesianen(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : • Joseph-Marie Leray,
Sacred Heart Missionaries (M.S.C.) (born France) (1897.07.27 – death 1929.10.17) as first
Apostolic Vicar of
Gilbert Islands (
Kiribati) (1897.07.27 – 1927) and emeritate • Federico Melendro Gutiérrez (梅耿光),
Jesuits (S.J.) (born Spain) (1930.02.14 – 1946.04.11) as only
Apostolic Vicar of
Anqing 安慶 (
China) (1930.02.14 – 1946.04.11); later promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of
Anqing 安慶 (1946.04.11 – death 1978.10.25) • Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate (陳明理),
Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (born Spain) (1947.12.11 – 1976.09.06) as emeritate; formerly only
Apostolic Prefect of
Guide 歸德 (China) (1929.01.08 – 1937.05.18), (see) promoted only Apostolic Vicar of
Guide 歸德 (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11) and Titular Bishop of
Chusira (1937.05.18 – 1946.04.11), again (see) promoted first Bishop of
Shangqiu 商邱 (China) (1946.04.11 – retired 1947.12.11) • Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey (1977.05.31 – 1989.04.22) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Marseille (France) (1977.05.31 – 1983.02.12); later
Bishop of the
Military Vicariate of the French Armed Forces (1983.02.12 – 1986.07.21), restyled Bishop of the
Military Ordinariate of the French Armed Forces (1986.07.21 – 1989.04.22), finally Bishop of
Coutances (France) (1989.04.22 – retired 2006.10.02), died 2017 • Sylvester Donovan Ryan (1990.02.17 – 1992.01.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Los Angeles (California, USA) (1990.02.17 – 1992.01.28); later Bishop of
Monterey (USA) (1992.01.28 – retired 2006.12.19) • Nicola De Angelis,
Sons of the Immaculate Conception (C.F.I.C.) (born Italy) (1992.04.27 – 2002.12.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Toronto (Ontario, Canada) (1992.04.27 – 2002.12.28); later Bishop of
Peterborough (Canada) (2002.12.28 – retired 2014.04.08) • Francis Ronald Reiss (2003.07.07 – ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Detroit (USA) (2003.07.07 – 2015.11.11) and on emeritate. == See also ==