Diocese of Castabala

The Diocese of Castabala is a titular see in Turkey.

During Late Antiquity, the Diocese of Castabala was a suffragan to Anazarbus, the metropolis of the province of Cilicia Secunda.[1]

The names of seven of its diocesan bishops are known.[2][3] The first, Maris, is spoken of in an apocryphal letter of Saint Ignatius, with another letter addressed to him.[4] A bishop Moyses from Catabala was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325.[5] Theophilus, a semi-Arian and friend of Saint Basil, was sent to Rome on an embassy with two colleagues.[6] The last, Theodorus, attended the Trullan Council in 692.[7]

No longer a residential bishopric, Castabala is listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "According to Hierocles, Georgius Cyprius, and Parthey's "Notitiae episcopatuum" (I)" from  "Castabala". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
  2. ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 901-902
  3. ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 436
  4. ↑  "Castabala". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. quoting Lequien
  5. ↑  "Castabala". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. quoting Lequien
  6. ↑  "Castabala". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. quoting Lequien
  7. ↑  "Castabala". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. quoting Lequien
  8. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 860