Bishop of Lydda

St Georges Church Lydda.

The Bishopric at Lydda is one of the oldest and most significant Bishoprics in the early Christian Church. Founded in the 1st century, there has been a Bishop of Lydda continuously since.

In early Christian times Lydda (today Lod) was a prosperous Jewish town, located on the intersection of the North - South and the Egypt to Babylon roads, it was made wealthy on the trade that passed through it. It was a natural point to establish a church, which was already established when Saint Peter visited the city between 31–36AD.[1] The founding date of the Bishopric is unknown but by 120AD most of its inhabitants were Christian. The earliest known bishop is Aëtius, a friend of Arius. St George, Patron Saint of England was born in the town.

In December 415, the Council of Diospolis was held in the Bishopric to try Pelagius; he was acquitted.

List of known Bishops

Bishop John Monaghan.
Lawrence Shehan.
Bp William Shomali.
Dom Grammont

References

  1. ↑ Book of Acts, 9:32-35.
  2. ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus,page 872.
  3. ↑ Patrum Nicaenorum nomina p13.
  4. ↑ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p360.
  5. ↑ Dr Marwan Nader, Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099–1325), p132
  6. ↑ Denys Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus: Volume 2, L-Z (excluding Tyre) (Cambridge University Press, 1993) p11.
  7. ↑ Malcolm Barber, The Crusader States (Yale University Press, 2012)
  8. ↑ Malcolm Barber, The Crusader States (Yale University Press, 2012)
  9. ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton, Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard, A History of the Crusades, Volume 2 (Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1969) p 536
  10. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1021.htm
  11. ↑ The bishop of Lydda Consecration at Westminster cathedral.The Tablet Page 14
  12. ↑ David M. Cheney, 1996-2016 Catholic hierarchy
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