Şarkikaraağaç

Şarkikaraağaç is a town in Isparta Province in the Mediterranean Region of Anatolia (Asian Turkey). It is the seat of Şarkikaraağaç District.[2] Its population is 10,128 (2022).[1] It is the site of Ancient city and bishopric Hadrianopolis in Pisidia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Şarkikaraağaç
Şarkikaraağaç is located in Turkey
Şarkikaraağaç
Şarkikaraağaç
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°04′49″N 31°21′57″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceIsparta
DistrictŞarkikaraağaç
Government
  Mayorİsa Çarkacı (AKP)
Elevation
1,168 m (3,832 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
10,128
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
32800
Area code0246
Websitewww.sarkikaraagac.bel.tr

Şarki means "eastern", karaağaç means "elm".

History

See Hadrianopolis for Ancient namesakes

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 :

References

  1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Bibliography - ecclesiastical history
  • Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 451
  • Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, vol. I, coll. 1049-1050
  • Sylvain Destephen, 'Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3. Prosopographie du diocèse d'Asie (325-641), Paris 2008


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