Isba Explained

Isba was a city on the border of ancient Pamphylia.^[1] It has been identified with the modern village of Çeşme.^[2]

Isba became a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Side, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Prima, to which Isba belonged. No longer a residential bishopric, Isba is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.^[3]

Among the titular bishops of the see was (14 March 1946  - 3 October 1966), later Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, after whom Schefferville, Quebec is named.^[4]

References

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Notes and References

1. Ramsay. W.M.. Antiquities of Southern Phrygia and the Border Lands (II). The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts. March 1888. IV. 1. 8. 10.2307/496400 . 496400.
2. Book: The Historical Geography of Asia Minor. William M. Ramsay. 1890. 2013. 9780543013651 . January 14, 2015.
3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013), pp. 908 and 910
4. Web site: Isba (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. David M.. Cheney. www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Jul 18, 2022.