Cerasa
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Cerasais atitular seeof theRoman Catholic Church.
History
[edit]It goes back a formerdiocesein theRoman provinceofAsiaandLydiain westernTurkey.It belonged to theecclesiastical provinceofSardis.
Cerasa, identifiable withElieslerin modernTurkey,is an ancientepiscopal seeof theRoman provinceofLydiain thecivilDiocese of Asia.It was part of thePatriarchate of Constantinopleand wassuffraganof theArchdiocese of Sardis.
The lists of participants in theecumenical councilshave handed the names of four bishops of this ancient episcopal:
- Menecrates theCouncil of Chalcedon,
- John theSecond Council of Constantinople,
- Michael theSecond Council of Nicaeaand
- Agathon at theCouncil of Constantinopledell'879- 880 that reinstated PatriarchPhotios I of Constantinople.
Cerasa survives today astitular bishopbut has been vacant since May 2, 2001.
See also
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