Metropolis in Asia is both a Roman era city and a vacant titular see Metropolis in Asia at catholic-hierarchy.org. located in the ecumenical Province of Asia, in what is today Tratsa, Turkey (near Tatarlı)Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press, 2 Nov., 1996) P 313-314. and HaydarlıRamsay, Journal of Hellenic Studies April 1883.
City
The colonia (Roman city), also called Pisidian Nikopolis,W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p403. had its own Geurisia CouncilSviatoslav Dmitriev, City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (Oxford University Press, 2005) page 132. and at times minted its own coins.Metropolis at Asia Minor Coins.com.
It is probable that Metropolis was founded as a Hellenistic colony,Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press, 2 Nov., 1996) P 313-314. as many names on inscriptions in the city have Macedonian names. The City was mentioned by LivyLivy 38:15-18 and Strabo.Strabo 14:2:29
Bishopric Ancient bishopric Polycarp, Bishop of Pisidian Metropolis.Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) p 1051. EustathiusMichel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) p 1051. Heorticius, attendee at the Council of ChalcedonRichard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (University of Liverpool, 2005) p103. Monophilus mentioned in a Synod John attendee at a Synod in Constantinople.Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740 ) p 1051.
Titular Catholic bishops Charles de Rousseau † (4 Dec 1606 Appointed – 26 Jun 1608) Giovanni Ponzi † (18 May 1894 Appointed – 18 Mar 1895) Joseph-Claude Excoffier (30 Mar 1895 Appointed – 3 May 1923) Jean-Marie Jan (15 Jan 1924 Appointed – 4 Feb 1929) Cyril Rudolph Jarre (18 May 1929 Appointed – 11 Apr 1946) Jan van Cauwelaert (6 Jan 1954 Appointed – 10 Nov 1959) Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies † (16 Jan 1961 Appointed – 25 Mar 1963) Juan de Dios López de Victoria † (1 Aug 1963 Appointed – 29 Aug 1992)
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