Titular Episcopal See of

Velicia

Greece

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Velicia (latine) / Velicia (Italiano) / Velicien(sis) (Latin)

Location: Drama? Paliokhori?, pr. Macedonia II, m. Filippi, Greece

History

Established as Titular Archiepiscopal See of Drama (latine) / Drama (Italiano) / Drabischen(sis) (Latin)
1925: Demoted as Titular Episcopal See of Drama (latine) / Drama (Italiano) / Drabischen(sis) (Latin)
1933: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Velicia (latine) / Velicia (Italiano)
1934: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Velicia (latine) / Velicia (Italiano) / Velicien(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:

vacant

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Eduard Nécsey (1943.03.12 – 1968.06.19)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Joseph Otto Kolb (later Archbishop) (1935.08.10 – 1943.01.24)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. (1922.02.17 – 1934.04.21)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Emmanuele Staravero (1861.11.21 – 1872.09.11)

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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