Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia
The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia (Latin: apostolicus Vicariatus Anatoliensis ) is located in Turkey Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with its headquarters in İskenderun.
History
The Apostolic Prefecture of Trebizond was built from annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate Konstantin Opel on 13 March 1845, the Capuchins, who were expelled from the mission in Tbilisi by the Russians entrusted. It included the coastal region on the Black Sea (which is why she was known as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Black Sea) and in Central and Eastern Anatolia. On September 12, 1896, the Apostolic Prefecture was dissolved and its territory given back to the Apostolic Vicariate of Constantine Opel. Pope Pius XI. separated the particular Churches on June 20, 1931 the Brief Quae Christiani again and this time was the mission sui juris Trebizond based in Samsun directly to the Congregation de Propaganda Fide assumed that received the same territory of the former Apostolic Prefecture substantially.
With the decree Quo Melius of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches it was on November 30, 1990 raised to an Apostolic Vicariate including the south-central Anatolia ( previously belonging to the Vicariate Apostolic of Constantinople Opel ) and assuming its present name. Seat of the Vicar Apostolic was the city of Mersin, who moved to Iskenderun on 29 June 2000. The Apostolic Vicar Padovese OFM Cap, at the same time Chairman of the Turkish Catholic Bishops' Conference CCEE, was murdered on June 3, 2010. Since then passes Ruggero Franceschini as administrator the Vicariate.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Trebizond
- Damiano as Viareggio (1845-1852)
- Filippo Maria da Bologna (1852-1881)
- Eugenio since Modica (1881-1896)
Superiore of Trebizond
- Michele da Koper (1931-1933)
- Giovanni Giannetti da Fivizzano (1933-1955)
- Prospero germini because Ospitaletto (1955-1961)
- Michele Salardi as Novel Lara (1961-1966)
- Giuseppe Germano Bernardini (1966-1983, then Archbishop of Izmir) Giuseppe Germano Bernardini (1983-1990 as Apostolic Administrator)
Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia
- Ruggero Franceschini (1990-1993 as Apostolic Administrator)
- Ruggero Franceschini (since 2010 as Apostolic Administrator)