Ryahovo
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Ryahovo Ряхово |
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 Ryahovo
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| Coordinates: 43°59′20″N 26°14′38″E / 43.989°N 26.244°ECoordinates: 43°59′20″N 26°14′38″E / 43.989°N 26.244°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Rousse |
| Municipality | Slivo Pole |
Ryahovo (Bulgarian: Ряхово) is a village in north(east)ern Bulgaria, and as Ancient Ap(p)iaria a former bishopric, remaining a Latin Catholic titular see.
It is located in the municipality of Slivo Pole in Rousse.
As of February 2011, it had a population of 1,637 inhabitants.
Appiaria was important enough in the Roman province of Moesia Inferior (=Secunda) to become a suffragan diocese of the capital's Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marcianopolis, in the sway of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
It has two documented incumbents :
The see isn't mentioned in the Notitia Episcopatuum by pseudo-Epifanius, edited under Emperor Heraclius I (circa 640), probably having ceased after the ruinous Bulgarian invasion.
The diocese was nominally restored (in 1920?) as Titular bishopric of Apiaria (Latin until 1925)) / Appiaria (Italian from the start, Latin since 1925) / Appiaren(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, including an Eastern Catholic :
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