Ecclesiastical history

The bishopric of Magydus was a suffragan of the archbishopric of Perga, the metropolitan see of that province,^[4] under the Patriarchate of Constantinople, until the 12th or 13th century.^[5]

Five of its bishops are historically documented:^[2]

• Aphrodisius, present at the First Nicene Council in 325
• Macedo, at the Council of Chalcedon in 451
• Conon, at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553
• Platon at the Third Council of Constantinople (680) and follow-up Quinisext Council (692)
• Marinus, at the Council of Nicaea in 787.^[6]

After centuries of abeyance, it was nominally restored no later than the late 18th century as the Latin titular bishopric of Magyddus (renamed Magydus in 1925) or Magido (Curiate Italian) / Magyden(sis) (Latin adjective).

It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

• Mariano Zaralli (經), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (Italian) (1787.04.03 – death 1790.04.16) as Apostolic Vicar of Shensi and Shansi 陝西山西 (China) (1787.04.03 – 1790.04.16)
• James Browne (1827.03.20 – 1829.04.30) as Coadjutor Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland) (1827.03.20 – succession 1829.04.30); next Bishop of Kilmore (Ireland) (1829.04.30 – death 1865.04.11)
• Friar Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli (明位篤), O.F.M. (1856.12.04 – 1857.08.06 not possessed), still without actual prelature; later Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis (1857.08.06 – 1883.05.17) as Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Hupeh 湖北 (China) (1857.08.06 – 1862.09.01), (succeeding) as 'last' Apostolic Vicar of Hupeh 湖北 (1862.09.01 – 1870.09.11) and (see) restyled as 'first' Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Hupeh 湖北東境 (China) (1870.09.11 – death 1883.05.17)
• Vinceno Bracco (Italian) (1866.03.02 – 1873.03.21), then without actual prelature; next residential Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1873.03.21 – death 1889.06.19) and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (1873.03.21 – 1889.06.19)
• Paškal Buconjić, O.F.M. (1880.02.28 – 1881.07.05) as last Apostolic Vicar of Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1880.01.30 – 1881.07.05); next (see) promoted first Bishop of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (1881.07.05 – death 1910.12.08)

BIOS TO ELABORATE

• Juan Francisco Bux y Loras (1882.03.27 – 1883)
• Bernardino Caldaioli (1883.08.09 – 1884.03.02)
• Giovanni Cagliero, Salesians (S.D.B.) (later Cardinal) (1884.10.30 – 1904.03.24)
• Ludovít Szmrecsányi (later Archbishop) (1904.11.14 – 1912.03.26)
• André-Léonce-Joseph Eloy, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1912.12.11 – 1947.07.30)
• Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. (1947.12.20 – 1975.03.21).