Titular Episcopal See of Sasima, Turkiye 🇹🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sasima (latine) / Sasima (Italiano) / Sasimen(sis) (Latin)

Location: Zamzama?, Hasaköy?, pr. Cappadocia II, m. Tiana, Turkiye

300?: Established as Diocese of Sasima (latine) / Sasima (Italiano) / Sasimen(sis) (Latin)
800?: Suppressed
1909?: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Sasima (latine) / Sasima (Italiano) / Sasimen(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop (1992.07.09 – ...):

Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A. (85)

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Istanbul (Turkiye)

former Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye)

former Patriarchal Administrator of Istanbul of the Greek-Melkites (Turkiye)

Bishops of Sasima (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Gregory of Nazianzus (later Archbishop)
(373? – 380)

Born:	329 (Arianzum, Turkiye)
Died:	390.01.25 (Arianzum, Turkiye † 60)
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church:	1568.07.09
Feast:	01.02

Bishop of Sasima (Turkiye) (373? – 380)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Constantinople (Turkiye) (380 – 381)

Archbishop of Nazianzus (Turkiye) (381 – 383?)

Titular Bishop: Bishop Johann Wilhelm Cleven (1950.11.18 – 1983.08.14)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold (1947.11.29 – 1950.04.01)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Adolph John Paschang (柏增), M.M. (1937.06.17 – 1946.04.11)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Emilio Bongiorni (1916.01.31 – 1937.03.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Luigi Zaffarami (1915.01.22 – 1915.12.09)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Carlo Mola, C.O. (1909.04.29 – 1914.01.08)