Briula
{{Short description|Ancient city and bishopric of ancient Lydia}}
Briula or Brioula ({{langx|grc|Βρίουλα}}) was an ancient city and bishopric of ancient Lydia{{Cite Pliny|5.29}}{{Cite Strabo|p. 650}} or of Caria in Asia Minor, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Its site is located near Billara in Asiatic Turkey.{{Cite Barrington|56}}{{Cite DARE|27715}}
History
The city was important enough in the Late Roman province of Asia Prima to be one of the suffragans of its great capital Ephesus's Metropolitan Archbishopric. However, like most, it was to fade.
= Titular see =
The diocese was nominally restored in as Latin Catholic titular bishopric.
It has had the following incumbents, all of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
- Kyril Stefan Kurteff (1926.07.31 – 1971.03.09), twice Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1926.07.31 – 1942 and 1951.04.27 – death 1971.03.09)
- Christo Proykov (1993.12.18 – ...), Apostolic Exarch of above Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1995.09.05 – ...), President of Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0345.htm GCatholic with titular incumbent bio links]
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Category:Catholic titular sees in Asia
Category:Populated places in ancient Caria
Category:Populated places in ancient Lydia
Category:Former populated places in Turkey
Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey
Category:History of Aydın Province
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