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Andropolis was an Ancient city and former bishopric in Roman Egypt, and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.
Andropolis, identified with modern Kherbeta in present Egypt, was important enough in the Roman province of Aegyptus Primus to become a suffragan of its Metropolitan, the patriarchate of Alexandria, but the see faded like most, plausibly at the advent of Islam.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric of Andropolis (Latin) / Andropoli (Curiate Italian) / Andropolitan(us) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
Lake Mariout, is a brackish lake in northern Egypt near the city of Alexandria. The lake area covered 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi) and had a navigable canal at the beginning of the 20th century, but at the beginning of the 21st century, it covers only about 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi).
Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt.
The Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria is the Patriarchal and only Metropolitan see of the head of the Eastern sui iuris Coptic Catholic Church, a particular Church in the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See, which follows the Alexandrian Rite in its own Coptic language. He is thus the superior of all Coptic dioceses, mostly in and around Egypt, the word Copt(ic) being a corruption of the Greek word for Egypt(ian).
Abusir Bana, anciently known as Busiris, is a village in Gharbia governorate, Egypt. The population is 22,214 people, according to the official census of 2006.
This article, dealing with the Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa, is about the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in African countries other than Egypt.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt, or in full - of Alexandria of Egypt-Heliopolis-Port Said is the Roman Catholic Apostolic vicariate in Egypt, named after its cathedral see in Alexandria, a port city and former Catholic patriarchate.
Naissus was an ancient city and former bishopric in Balkanic Dacia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
The Archdiocese of Antinoe is titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Province of Egypt. It was part of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the bishopric was based on Antinoë in the Nile Valley. It was also known as Antinoöpolis.
Ryahovo is a village in northern Bulgaria, and as Ancient Ap(p)iaria a former bishopric, remaining a Latin Catholic titular see.
Parnassus or Parnassos was a town in the northern part of ancient Cappadocia, on the right bank of the Halys River, and on or near a hill, to which it owed its name, on the road between Ancyra and Archelais, about 63 miles west of the latter town. It became a bishopric and remains a Roman Catholic titular see.
Attanus was a Roman city and bishopric in Asia Minor and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
The Diocese of Buto is a former Christian diocese and titular see of both the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches, with see in the Ancient City of Buto in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
Phatanus was a city and episcopal see in Roman Egypt, which remains a Latin Church titular see. The titular see has also been held by one Coptic Catholic auxiliary eparch.
Dystis was a city and bishopric in Roman Libya, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Baris, called Baris in Hellesponto to distinguish it from other places called Baris, was an ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor, which remains a Catholic titular see.
The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Giza is an Eastern Catholic diocese in Giza. It is one of the suffragan sees comprising the sole ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic Catholic Church, a Particular church sui iuris.
The Titular Archbishopric of Gabala, formerly the Diocese of Gabala, is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church named for its former see, the city of Jableh, in present-day Syria.
Sebela was an Ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Tenedos or Bozcaada is an island, former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see of Asian Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea.