Diocese of Martyropolis

{{Short description|Episcopal see in Anatolia}}

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Martyropolis is a historical episcopal see of early Christianity,{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Robert W., "Martyropolis" |title=The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology, ed., Paul Corby Finney |date=2016 |publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing| location=Grand Rapids, Michigan |isbn=978-0-8028-9017-7| pages=115}} in what was the Roman province of Mesopotamia,Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843), p70. now located in modern Turkey.[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t3077.htm Syrian Titular Episcopal See of Martyropolis] GCatholic.org. It is now a titular see of the Catholic Church.

Historical diocese

The diocese was centered on what is now Silvan, Diyarbakır in the province of Mesopotamia.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09742a.htm? Martyropolis] at Catholic Encyclopedia(de l'Imprimerie royale, 1779) Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville L'Euphrate et le TigreJean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville [https://books.google.com/books?id=_cAGZqmheUUC&dq=Martyropolis&pg=PA83 page 86].M. Th. Houtsma E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Volume 5 (BRILL, 1993) page [https://books.google.com/books?id=Va6oSxzojzoC&dq=Martyropolis&pg=PA159 157-158].T. A. Sinclair, Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III (Pindar Press, 31 Dec 1989) [https://books.google.com/books?id=dqpEBAAAQBAJ&dq=Martyropolis&pg=PA142 page 142].W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

= Known bishops =

  • Zennebus,Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p123.
  • Maruthas fl. 383-420.

Titular sees

= Latin archepiscopal titular see =

The diocese was nominally restored when a Latin Church titular bishopric was established under the name Martiria, of the lowest (episcopal) rank. Around 1830 it was renamed Martyropolis

In 1932, it was promoted to titular archdiocese, and had three notable incumbents:

;Titular archbishops of Martyropolis

It has been vacant since 1967.

= Syriac Catholic episcopal titular see =

A titular see of the Syriac Catholic Church was also established, but suppressed in 1929, without a single recorded incumbent.

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