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titular bishop

Episcopus titularis la

Bishop who is not in charge of a diocese, such as coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, bishops emeriti, vicars apostolic, nuncios, superiors of departments in the Roman Curia, and cardinal bishops of suburbicarian dioceses

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bishop who is not in charge of a diocese, such as coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, bishops emeriti, vicars apostolic, nuncios, superiors of departments in the Roman Curia, and cardinal bishops of suburbicarian diocesesWikidata record description. Read Titular bishop in the Wikipedia reader.

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Everyone recorded as holding it

Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

  • 44 holders
  • 639 overlapping pairs
  1. 15 July 1602 CE – 17 September 1602 CE Francis de Sales French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)
  2. 29 July 1658 CE – 29 October 1684 CE François Pallu French bishop
  3. 11 April 1658 CE – 1 October 1674 CE François de Laval Catholic saint, First Bishop of Quebec
  4. from 13 September 1677 CE Nicolas Steno Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)
  5. from 11 June 1725 CE Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon French cardinal
  6. from 20 June 1728 CE Frederick Charles of Schönborn Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1674-1746)
  7. from 1 December 1766 CE Ignacy Krasicki Polish writer and poet, Catholic archbishop
  8. from 17 February 1777 CE Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil Italian cardinal (1718–1802)
  9. from 1 October 1832 CE Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod French Roman Catholic bishop and saint (1782-1861)
  10. from 12 May 1846 CE Guglielmo Massaia Catholic cardinal (1809-1889)
  11. 29 July 1853 CE – 9 January 1857 CE Frederic Baraga Catholic missionary and bishop (1797-1868)
  12. from 3 March 1868 CE James Gibbons Catholic cardinal (1834–1921)
  13. from 28 January 1876 CE Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás Spanish author (1833-1909)
  14. from 29 May 1877 CE James Gibbons Catholic cardinal (1834–1921)
  15. from 2 December 1884 CE Francesco di Paola Cassetta Italian Catholic cardinal (1841–1919)
  16. from 30 October 1884 CE Giovanni Cagliero Catholic cardinal (1838–1926)
  17. from 30 June 1909 CE George Mundelein Catholic cardinal (1872-1939)
  18. from 22 July 1921 CE Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini Catholic cardinal (1876-1958)
  19. 30 July 1932 CE – 15 April 1939 CE Francis Spellman American Roman Catholic cardinal (1889–1967)
  20. 11 July 1935 CE – 30 November 1937 CE Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian Armenian Cardinal Patriarch and Servant of God (1895–1971)
  21. from 22 September 1937 CE Carlos Duarte Costa Brazilian bishop and saint
  22. 12 June 1947 CE – 22 September 1948 CE Marcel Lefebvre French traditionalist Catholic archbishop
  23. from 28 May 1951 CE Fulton J. Sheen American catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
  24. from 2 September 1954 CE Jean-Marie Villot Roman Catholic cardinal (1905–1979)
  25. 11 December 1956 CE – 5 January 1960 CE Bernardin Gantin Beninese Catholic prelate and Servant of God (1922–2008)
  26. 4 July 1958 CE – 31 August 1958 CE John Paul II pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
  27. 31 August 1958 CE – 13 January 1964 CE John Paul II pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
  28. from 25 October 1960 CE Giovanni Colombo Catholic cardinal (1902-1992)
  29. from 23 June 1961 CE Nasrallah Peter Sfeir Lebanese Catholic cardinal (1920-2019)
  30. from 2 July 1962 CE Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy Catholic cardinal (1924–2014)
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  1. Escudo de Carlos Oviedo from 21 March 1964 CE Carlos Oviedo Cavada Catholic cardinal (1927–1998)
  2. from 15 February 1964 CE Franjo Kuharić Archbishop of Zagreb and cardinal. (1919–2002)
  3. from 15 September 1965 CE Terence Cooke Catholic cardinal (1921–1983)
  4. Coat of arms of Joseph Louis Bernardin 9 March 1966 CE – 21 November 1972 CE Joseph Bernardin American Roman Catholic priest, cardinal (1928–1996)
  5. 5 April 1970 CE – 15 October 1974 CE Óscar Romero Salvadoran Catholic archbishop and saint (1917–1980)
  6. from 22 March 1975 CE Cláudio Hummes Catholic cardinal (1934–2022)
  7. 16 May 1983 CE – 28 June 1991 CE Camillo Ruini Catholic cardinal (1931–2026)
  8. 18 October 1983 CE – 29 December 1993 CE Wilton Daniel Gregory American Cardinal
  9. Coat of arms of Jorge Maria Mejia 8 March 1986 CE – 5 March 1994 CE Jorge María Mejía Argentine cardinal (1923-2014)
  10. 25 June 1988 CE – 21 April 1999 CE André Vingt-Trois French Catholic cardinal (1942–2025)
  11. 20 May 1992 CE – 3 June 1997 CE Pope Francis 266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
  12. from 22 February 1996 CE Liubomyr Huzar Catholic cardinal (1933–2017)
  13. from 28 December 2001 CE Kevin Farrell Irish-American Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1947)
  14. 18 January 2006 CE – 16 June 2010 CE Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni Italian priest
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