Diocese of Pella

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Pella in Palaestina is an ancient and titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church also called the Diocese of Khirbet El-wahadneh, and it is centered on Pella, Jordan. [1]

A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese".

Pella, Jordan human settlement

Pella is found in northwestern Jordan, 27.4 km south of the Sea of Galilee. Pella represents one of ten Decapolis cities that were founded during the Hellenistic period and became powerful under Roman jurisdiction. With a history extending back into the Bronze Age, Pella expanded to its largest state during the reign of the Roman Empire. Pella is located in the Jordan Valley, 130 km north of Amman, and is half an hour by car from Irbid, in the north of the country. Today, the city's sizable collection of ruins are excavated by archeologists, and attract thousands of tourists annually.

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History

Pella was an ancient bishopric in [2] with a Christian community from before 70 AD.

Zebennus of Pella [3]

It was a titular see by the time Michel Le Quien wrote. [4]

Michel Le Quien French historian and theologian

Michel Le Quien was a French historian and theologian. He studied at Plessis College, Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made his profession in 1682. Excepting occasional short absences he never left Paris. At the time of his death he was librarian of the convent in Rue Saint-Honoré, a position which he had filled almost all his life, lending assistance to those who sought information on theology and ecclesiastical antiquity. Under the supervision of Père Marsollier he mastered the classical languages, Arabic, and Hebrew, to the detriment, it seems, of his mother-tongue.

Bishops

Known ancient bishops

Titular Catholic bishops

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References

  1. ↑ By W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor p169.
  2. ↑ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian ..., Volume 3 p61.
  3. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p352.
  4. ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740)p?.
  5. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 1 Jan 2005) page361.
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