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