Şarkikaraağaç

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Şarkikaraağaç is a town in Isparta Province in the Mediterranean Region of Anatolia (Asian Turkey). It is the seat of Şarkikaraağaç District. Its population is 10,128 (2022). It is the site of Ancient city and bishopric Hadrianopolis in Pisidia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Şarki means "eastern", karaağaç means "elm".

History

Hadrianopolis (in Pisidia) was important enough in the late Roman province of Pisidia to become one of the suffragan bishoprics of the Metropolitan of the capital Antioch, but was to fade.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin titular bishopric. It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

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