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Lead seal of Theodore, Metropolitan of Tarsus (late 7th century)
The first recorded bishop of
Tarsus , Helenus, went to Antioch several times in connection with the dispute concerning
Paul of Samosata .
[1]
Le Quien
[2] mentions twenty-two of its bishops, of whom several are legendary.
Tarsus was the
metropolitan see of the province of
Cilicia Prima , under the
Patriarchate of Antioch .
[2] From the 6th century onwards, the metropolitan see of Tarsus had seven
suffragan bishoprics (Échos d'Orient , X, 145).
The
Greek archdiocese, mentioned in the 10th century (Échos d'Orient , X, 98), has existed down to the present day as part of the
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch .
[3]
At about the end of the 10th century, the
Armenians established a diocese of their rite; Saint
Nerses of Lambron was its most distinguished representative in the 12th century.
Tarsus is included in the
Catholic Church 's list of
titular sees as a metropolitan see of both the
Latin , the
Maronite and the
Melkite Catholic Church .
[4]
The
Church of the East had a diocese of Tarsus that was a
suffragan of Damascus , but no incumbents are known by name.
List of bishops
Early bishops
Syriac Orthodox bishops
Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of the
Latin Church :
[8]
Roger (1099 – c.1108)
Stephen (fl. 1135–1140)
Albert (fl. 1186–1191)
References
^
Eusebius ,
Ecclesiastical History , VI, xlvi; VII, v.
^
a
b
Le Quien, Michel (1740). "Ecclesia Tarsensis".
Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus secundus, in quo Illyricum Orientale ad Patriarchatum Constantinopolitanum pertinens, Patriarchatus Alexandrinus & Antiochenus, magnæque Chaldæorum & Jacobitarum Diœceses exponuntur (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. cols. 869–876.
OCLC
955922747 .
^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "
Tarsus ".
Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013,
ISBN
978-88-209-9070-1 ), p. 984
^
Eusebius ,
Historia Ecclesiastica , VI, xlvi VII, v). Le Quien (Oriens christianus , II, 869-76)
^
Michael the Syrian : 89.
^ Michael the Syrian: 102.
^ Bernard Hamilton, The Latin Church in the Crusader States (Ashgate, 1980), p. 408.