Coela

Coela (or Cœla, even Cela) was a Roman city and bishopric in the province of Europa and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

History

The site of the Ancient city is at modern Kilya, in European Turkey. It was import enough to become a bishopric, suffragan of the Metropolitan of Perinthus, the archbishopric in the capital of the Roman province of Europa.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1937 as a Latin titular bishopric of the lowest (episcopal) rank.

It is vacant, having has had the following incumbents, mostly secular priests :

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