Arad (see)
The titular episcopal see of Arad is a Roman Catholic titular see named after the ancient city of Arad. Sources mention a 6th-century Bishop Stephan.
History
The titular episcopal see of Arad is named for ancient Arad, which stood at the site of Tell 'Arad or Tel Arad, in the province of Palestina III, metropolinate of Petra . The remains of ancient Arad were excavated in the Negev in modern Israel, but apparently no remains from the relevant period have been discovered.Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a titular see of the lowest rank in 1725.It is vacant since 1969 after having had the following, often non-consecutive incumbents:
- Karol Poniński
- Caspar Adolph Schnernauer
- Andrés Cano y Junquera
- Toussaint Duvernin
- Julio Maria Pecori, Franciscan
- Friar Ignacy Houwalt
- , Franciscans
- Augustine Kandathil
- Pierre Aziz Ho
- Jacob Abraham Theophilos Kalapurakal
- , Spiritans
- , Capuchins