Ancyra (Catholic titular see)

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The Archdiocese of Ancyra (Latin : Archidioecesis Ancyrana) is a suppressed titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [1] [2] It was established in the 17th century as the Catholic counterpart to the Orthodox residential see, the Metropolis of Ancyra, [3] [4] which existed until the early 20th century at Ankara, in Turkey. The see has been vacant since May 24, 1976.

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References

  1. "Ancyra (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  2. Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica , vol. 2, pp. 41–43.
  3. C. Karalevsky, v. Ancyre - Métropole grecque, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. II, Paris 1914, col. 1538-1543.
  4. Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, (Paris, 1740), vol.I, coll. 455-474.