Titular Archiepiscopal See of

Rhizæum

Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Archiepiscopal See

Name: Rhizæum (latine) / Rizeo (Italiano) / Rhizæan(us) (Latin)

Location: Rize, pr. Ponto Polemoniaco, Turkiye

History

Established as Titular Episcopal See of Rhizus (latine) / Rizonte (Italiano) / Rhizentinus (Latin)
1925: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Rhizæum (latine) / Rizonte (Italiano)
1929: Promoted as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Rhizæum (latine) / Rizonte (Italiano)
1930: Renamed as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Rhizæum (latine) / Rizeo (Italiano) / Rhizæan(us) (Latin)

Titular Archbishop

Titular Archbishop:

vacant

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Francesco Giuseppe Lardone (1949.05.21 – 1980.01.30)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández (1939.11.10 – 1946.05.13)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Tiberio Salazar Herrera (1932.07.07 – 1937.06.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J. (1899.11.22 – 1929.08.07)

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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