{{about|the diocese in Phrygia|the diocese in Isauria|Hierapolis in Isauria|other uses|Archdiocese of Hierapolis (disambiguation){{!}}Archdiocese of Hierapolis}} {{distinguish|Diocese of Hieropolis}} [[File:TR Pamukkale Hierapolis asv2020-02 img26.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the martyrium]] The '''diocese of Hierapolis''', was a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[bishopric]] in [[Phrygia]] (modern central [[Turkey]]).
Through the influence of the Christian apostle [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]], a church was founded at [[Hierapolis (Phrygia)|Hierapolis]] while he was at [[Ephesus]].<ref>[[Colossians]] 4:13.</ref> The Christian apostle [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] spent the last years of his life here.<ref>Papias. [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/papias.html Early Christian Writings].</ref> The town's [[martyrium (architecture)|martyrium]] was alleged to have been built upon the spot where Philip was [[crucifixion|crucified]] in AD 80. His [[Daughters of Philip|daughters]] were also said to have acted as [[prophet]]esses in the region.<ref>[https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.viii.xxxi.html Eusebius Church History 3.31.4]</ref><ref>[https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.viii.xxxix.html Eusebius Church History 3.39.9]</ref>
During the 4th century, [[Christianity]] had become the [[State church of the Roman Empire|dominant religion]] and begun suppressing other faiths in the area. A see of the province of [[Phrygia Pacatiana]],<ref>Ramsay, Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia ([[Oxford University|Oxford]], 1895–1897)</ref><ref>Joseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ; or, The antiquities of the Christian church, and other works. To which are now added, several sermons. (Joseph Bingham, 1834) p 338.</ref> the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian I]] raised the bishop of Hierapolis to the rank of [[metropolitan bishop]] in 531. The city's [[Roman baths]] were transformed into a Christian [[basilica]]. During the Byzantine period, the city continued to flourish and also remained an important centre for Christianity. [[Tiberiopolis]] was a [[suffragan]] see.
In 1370, due to its decline, Hierapolis was assumed by the metropolitanate of [[Kütahya|Kotyaion]], and in 1385, by the [[Metropolis of Philadelphia|metropolitanate of Philadelphia]].<ref>[[Speros Vryonis|Vryonis, Speros]] (1971). [[iarchive:declineofmedieva0000vryo|The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamisation from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century. Berkeley: California University Press.]] pp. 297, 298</ref>
==Bishops== ===Residential bishops=== *[[Philip the Apostle]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/tomb-of-apostle-philip-found/|title = Tomb of Apostle Philip Found|date = 16 August 2014|accessdate = 1 September 2015|publisher = biblicalarchaeology.org}}</ref> *[[Papias of Hierapolis|Papias]]<ref>The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 55.</ref> fl 155AD. *[[Apollinaris Claudius]] ({{fl.|170}})<ref>[[Eusebius]] HE4:27</ref><ref>Charles Evan Hill, The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church (OUP Oxford, 2004)</ref> *[[Alexander of Hierapolis (Phrygia)|Alexander of Hierapolis]] (fl. 253) *Abercius II<ref name="LeQuien838">[[Michel Le Quien]], Oriens christianus [https://books.google.com/books?id=0agp0mJFG_sC&q=Philippi p838].</ref> * Flaccus * Lucius, attendee at the [[First Council of Constantinople]]<ref name="LeQuien838"/> * Abeneatius, attendee at the [[Council of Ephesus]]<ref name="LeQuien838"/> * Stephen, attendee at [[Council of Ephesus]]<ref name="LeQuien838"/> * Abercius III, attendee at [[Council of Chalcedon]]<ref name="LeQuien838"/> *Philip *Auxanon, attendee at the [[Second Council of Constantinople]]<ref name="LeQuien838"/> *Sisinnius (fl. 680)<ref name="LeQuien838"/> *Ignatius (fl. 870)<ref name="LeQuien838"/> *Nicon<ref name="LeQuien838"/> *Arseber (fl. 997) *un-named bishop at the Synod of 1066<ref name="LeQuien838"/> *George<ref name="LeQuien838"/>
===Titular Catholic bishops=== *Antonio de Alexandria, O.F.M. † (31 Jul 1346 Appointed - 25 May 1349 Appointed, Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo)) *Johann Ludwig von Windsheim, O.S.A. † (3 Aug 1468 Appointed - 19 Nov 1480 Died) *Goswin Haex von Loenhout, O. Carm. † (15 May 1469 Appointed - 31 Mar 1475 Died) *Guillaume Thurin, O.P. † (31 Aug 1478 Appointed - ) *Johann Schlecht, O.S.A. † (10 Sep 1481 Appointed - 31 Jul 1500 Died) *Fr. Gonçalo de Amorim, O.P. † (19 Jun 1518 Appointed -, 14 June 1518 Appointed, titular [[Bishop of Titiopolis]])<ref>{{Cite web| title=Ecos de um passado: Uma listagem cronológica de documentação educativa (1288 – 1974) | language=pt | trans-title=Echoes of a Past: A Chronological Listing of Educational Documentation (1288 – 1974) | url-status=live | url=https://www.uied.fct.unl.pt/sites/www.uied.fct.unl.pt/files/Livros%20UIED/Ecos%20de%20um%20passado2017.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807094159/http://www.uied.fct.unl.pt/sites/www.uied.fct.unl.pt/files/Livros%20UIED/Ecos%20de%20um%20passado2017.pdf | archive-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> *Vincenzo Scevola, O.P. † (21 May 1528 Appointed - ) *Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. † (23 Jan 1555 Appointed - 22 Dec 1562 Succeeded, Patriarch of Ethiopia) *João da Rocha, S.J. † (6 Mar 1623 Appointed - ) *[[Meletiy Smotrytskyi]] † (5 Jun 1631 Appointed - 6 Jan 1634 Died) *Antonio Tasca † (26 Dec 1726 Ordained Bishop - 22 Dec 1736 Died) *Carlo Maria Lomellino † (18 Apr 1742 Appointed - ) *Daniel Murray † (30 Jun 1809 Appointed - 11 May 1823 Succeeded, Archbishop of Dublin) *Ramón Montero † (13 Mar 1826 Appointed - 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Bishop of Coria) *[[Paul Goethals|Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J.]] † (5 Feb 1878 Appointed - 25 Nov 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Calcutta) *Concetto Focaccetti † (23 May 1887 Appointed - 26 Sep 1889 Died) **Carolus Aslanian † (23 Sep 1890 Appointed - Jun 1897 Died) *Julien-François-Pierre Carmené † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 23 Aug 1908 Died) *Louis-François Sueur † (1 Dec 1908 Appointed - 7 Oct 1914 Died) *[[Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini]] (22 Jul 1921 Appointed - 9 Sep 1922 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia) *Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † (18 Dec 1925 Appointed - 20 Jul 1926 Died) *Alban Goodier, S.J. † (1 Oct 1926 Appointed - 13 Mar 1939 Died) *[[Lorenzo Maria Balconi]], P.I.M.E. † (3 Aug 1939 Appointed - 10 Apr 1969 Died)
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