Titular Metropolitan See of

Neocæsarea in Ponto

Turkiye Turkiye

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Metropolitan See Metropolitan See

Name: Neocæsarea in Ponto (latine) / Neocesarea di Ponto (Italiano) / Neocæsarien(sis) in Ponto (Latin)

Location: Niksar, pr. Ponto Polemoniaco, Turkiye

History

Titular Archbishop

Titular Archbishop:vacant

Past Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Neocæsarea (Roman Rite)

Saint Archbishop Athenodorus of Neocæsarea
(? – 269?)

Died:269? 🩸

Metropolitan Archbishop of Neocæsarea (Turkiye) (? – 269?)

Archbishop. Brother of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus. Martyr.

Saint Archbishop Gregory Thaumaturgus
(240? – 264)

Died:270 (Neocesarea del Ponto, Turkiye)
Feast:11.17

Metropolitan Archbishop of Neocæsarea (Turkiye) (240? – 264)

Archbishop. Brother of Saint Athenodorus of Neocæsarea.

Former Titular Bishops

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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