Titular Episcopal See of Lydda, Israel

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Lydda (latine) / Lidda (Italiano) / Diospolis / Lydden(sis) (Latin)

Location: El-Ludd, pr. Palestina I, m. Cesarea, Israel

History

1099: Established as Diocese of Lydda (latine) / Lidda (Italiano) / Diospolis / Lydden(sis) (Latin)
1200?: Suppressed as Titular Episcopal See of Lydda (latine) / Lidda (Italiano) / Diospolis / Lydden(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2010.03.31 – ...):

Bishop William Hanna Shomali (74)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gourion, O.S.B. Oliv. (2003.08.14 – 2005.06.23)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap. (1971.08.06 – 1978.05.26)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Frédéric Duc (1954.01.11 – 1970.12.10)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Joseph Shehan (later Cardinal) (1945.11.17 – 1953.08.25)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. (1944.04.04 – 1945.09.09)
Titular Bishop: Bishop William Richard Griffin (1935.03.09 – 1944.03.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop John James Joseph Monaghan (1925.07.10 – 1935.01.07)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Michele Cerrati (1920.09.15 – 1925.02.21)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. (1917.07.27 – 1920.09.09)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Bernard Nicholas Ward (1917.03.22 – 1917.07.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Henri Monnier (1872.02.23 – 1916.12.01)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Robert Gradwell (1828.06.17 – 1833.03.15)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Francesco Pichi (1818.05.25 – 1827.05.21)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Anselmo Basilici (1814.12.19 – 1818.05.25)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Johann Baptist Joseph Gobel (1772.02.29 – 1791.04.13)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Philippus Bruni (1765.08.05 – 1771.09.21)
Titular Bishop: Fr. Francisco Varo (萬濟國), O.P. (1687.01.25 – 1687)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Franz Weinhart (1663.02.26 – 1686.06.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop-elect Marcus Teggingeri (1568.12.10 – ?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop-elect Pompeo Musacchi (1524.05.11 – ?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Thomas Bele (1521.06.07 – 1524?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Brainfort, O.S.B. (1517.02.26 – 1521?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Heinrich von Hattingen, O. Carm. (1515.12.15 – 1519)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Petrus Antonii (1511.07.18 – 1515?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Hermanus Nigenbroch, O.P. (1509.11.07 – 1511?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Nicolaus de Braciano, O.E.S.A. (1504.04.29 – 1509?)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Benedikt Sibenhirter, O.S.B. (1452.11.20 – 1458.05.10)