Koyulhisar

Koyulhisar
Koyulhisar
Coordinates:
Country	Turkey
Province	Sivas
Government
• Mayor	Osman Epsileli (MHP)
• Kaymakam	İsmail Sündük
Area
• District	1,041.76 km2 (402.23 sq mi)
Elevation	970 m (3,180 ft)
Population (2012)
• Urban	4,138
• District	12,404
• District density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Post code	58660
Website	www.koyulhisar.bel.tr

Koyulhisar is a town, former bishirpic, present Catholic double titular see and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Osman Epsileli (MHP).

History

The ancient city of Nicopolis in Armenia (v.; Νικόπολις in ancient Greek) stood at this place and rose to Metropolis of Roman Lesser Armenia.

Historically, it has also been known as Koyluhisar and Koyunlu Hisar. This name seemingly hails from the Latin colonia (Roman colony), as it was also the (identical?nearby) site of Colonia (in Armenia), which became important enough to be a suffragan in the Late Roman Province of Armenia Prima, but faded like most in Asia Minor.

Titular see

In the late 19th century, the diocese was nominally restored as an Armenian Catholic titular bishopric of Colonia. As such it has incumbent of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

• Santiago Costamagna, Salesians (S.D.B.) (1895.03.18 – 1921.12.09)
• Edward Francis Hoban (1921.11.21 – 1928.02.21) (later Archbishop)

In 1929 it was promoted to titular archbishopric, in 1933 renamed Colonia in Armenia, avoiding confusion with Colonia in Cappadocia or German Colonia (Cologne). As such it is vacant, having had the following incumbents of the intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank :

• Vahan Kitchourian (1930.05.03 – 1931.06.08)
• Pietro Kedigian (1936.07.24 – 1957.09.17)
• Louis Batanian (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04), as Auxiliary Eparch of Cilicia of the Armenians (patriarchate, actually in Beirut, Lebanon) (1959.04.24 – 1962.09.04); previously Archeparch of Mardin of the Armenians (1933.08.05 – 1940.08.10), Titular Archbishop of Gabula (1940.08.10 – 1952.12.06), Archeparch of Aleppo of the Armenians (Syria) (1952.12.06 – 1959.04.24); later Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([1962.09.04] 1962.11.15 – 1976.04.22) as Ignatius (Iknadios) Bédros XVI Batanian and President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1969 – 1976.04.22)
• Paul Coussa (1969.08.26 – 1983.06.27)