Latin Titular see At its suppression in 1700, the former Latin residential archdiocese became a Latin Catholic
titular archbishopric of the highest (Metropolitan) rank. It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, all of the fitting archiepiscopal rank (and Latin,
except the first): • ,
OSBM, Eastern Catholic (1726.10.07 – death 1748); previously
Titular Bishop of
Dionysias (1715.08.19 – 1726.10.07), no actual prelature • ,
OFMRef (born Italy) (1832.09.11 – death 1868.06.11) as emeritate; previously
Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Smyrna (now İzmir, Asian
Turkey) (? – 1817.06.26) succeeding as last
Apostolic Vicar of Smyrna (1817.06.26 – 1818.03.18), (see) promoted first
Metropolitan Archbishop of Smyrna (Turkey) (1818.03.18 – retired 1832.08.29) •
Leopoldo Angelo Santanché,
OFM (1871.03.08 – 1876.04.03), first as
Archbishop of Santo Domingo (
Dominican Republic) (1871.03.08 – 1874.11.13), then as
Apostolic Vicar of Constantinopole (Ottoman imperial capital; now Istanbul, European & Asian Turkey) (1874.11.13 – 1876.04.03); later
Archbishop-Bishop of
Fabriano (Italy) (1876.04.03 – death 1892.02.10) •
Placido Petacci (born Italy) (1885.03.05 – death 1885.08.13) as 'promoted' emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of (1879.05.12 – 1880.12.13) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina (Italy) (1879.05.12 – 1880.12.13),
Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1880.12.13 – retired 1885.03.05) •
Andrea Aiuti (born Italy) (1887.03.31 – 1893.06.12), first as
Prior General of the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (1887 – 1891) and
Apostolic Delegate (papal diplomatic envoy) to
British East India (1887.03.31 – 1891.07.24), then as Secretary of
Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.07.24 – 1893.06.07); later Titular Archbishop of
Tamiathis (1893.06.12 – 1903.06.22) as
Apostolic Nuncio (papal ambassador) to
Bavaria (1893.06.07 – 1896.09.26) and as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1896.09.26 – 1903.11), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Girolamo dei Croati (1903.11.12 – death 1905.04.28) • ,
OFM (1893.07.14 – ?) as emeritate, previously
Archbishop of Durrës (
Albania) (1847.12.17 – retired 1893.07.14) • Michael Kelly (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17) as Coadjutor Archbishop of
Sydney (
Australia) (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17); next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (1911.08.17 – death 1940.03.08) •
Angel María Pérez y Cecilia,
OCD) (born Spain) (1915.06.18 – 1918.12.18) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly (Malabar, British India) (1915.06.18 – 1918.12.18); next succeeded as
Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (1918.12.18 – 1934.11.12), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of
Novæ Patræ (1934.11.12 – death 1945.06.14) • (1919.03.28 – 1925.12.14), first as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Mohilev (
Belarus) (1908.07.12 – 1925.12.14; previously as Titular Bishop of
Evaria, 1908.07.12 – 1919.03.28), then as
Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev (1923.07.05 – 1925.12.14); next
Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania) (1925.12.14 – death 1926.02.17) •
Cleto Cassani (1929.07.01 – 1939.03.11) as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of
Thacia Montana (1911.01.19 – 1917.01.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy) (1911.01.19 – 1917.01.05), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1917.01.05 – retired 1929.07.01) •
Alexandre Vachon (1939.12.11 – 1940.05.22) as Coadjutor Archbishop of
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) (1939.12.11 – 1940.05.22); next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (1940.05.22 – death 1953.03.30) • (1940.05.31 – 1952.12.02) as Coadjutor Archbishop of
Cambrai (France) (1940.05.31 – 1952.12.02); next succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (1952.12.02 – retired 1966.02.15), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of
Octava (1966.02.15 – death 1969.03.11) •
José Humberto Quintero Parra (1953.09.07 – 1960.08.31) as Coadjutor Archbishop of
Mérida (
Venezuela) (1953.09.07 – 1960.08.31); next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Caracas (Venezuela) (1960.08.31 – 1980.05.24), President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (1961 – 1972), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1961.01.19 – 1984.07.08) •
Miguel Paternain,
CSsR (1960.09.21 – death 1970.10.19) on emeritate; previously Bishop of
Melo (
Uruguay) (1929.04.20 – 1931.08.11), last Bishop of
Florida–Melo (Uruguay) (1931.08.11 – 1955.11.15) restyled first Bishop of
Florida (Uruguay) (1955.11.15 – retired 1960.02.27), Titular Bishop of
Mades (1960.02.27 – 1960.09.21) • (born Italy) (1971.08.28 – 1990.10.28) as Archbishop
Military Vicar of
Italy (Italy) (1971.08.28 – 1981.10.27), President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (1987 – 1990.10.28); previously Undersecretary of
Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1965 – 1969), Secretary of
Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1969 – 1971.08.28) •
Varkey Vithayathil, CSsR (1996.11.11 – 1997.04.19) as
Apostolic Administrator of
Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1996.11.11 – 1999.12.18), President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1996.11.11 – 2011.04.01); next Titular Archbishop of
Antinoë (1997.04.19 – 1999.12.18), succeeded as
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (1999.12.18 – 2011.04.01), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Bernardo alle Terme (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – 2011.04.01), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2008.02.19 – 2010.03.01).
Armenian Titular see In 1911, an Armenian Catholic (
Armenian Rite in
Armenian language) Metropolitan
titular archbishopric was also established. It was suppressed in 1928, having had only one incumbent : •
Giuseppe Rokossian (1911.08.27 – 1928.07.01), later Archeparch (Archbishop) of
Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkey) ([1928.06.29] 1928.07.01 – 1931.06.08). == See also ==