Titular Episcopal See of

Sasima

Turkiye Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See Episcopal See

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

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

History

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:vacant

Past Ordinaries

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?)

Archbishop. Son of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder and Saint Nonna of Nazianzus. Doctor of the Church.

Former Titular Bishops

Last updated on 2026.08.30

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