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Aspona


Aspona was an Ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Aspona, identified with modern Çeditoyük in Turkey, was important enough in the Roman province of Galatia Prima (administrative Pontus diocese) to become a suffragan bishopric of the Archdiocese of Ancyra (now Ankara), in the sway of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Eight of its Byzantine bishops are historically documented :

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric of Aspona (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Asponitan(us) (Latin adjective)

It is vacant, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :


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