Baris in Hellesponto
Baris, called Baris in Hellesponto to distinguish it from other places called Baris, was an ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor, which remains a Catholic titular see.
History
Baris was located in the Troas part of Mysia, in the area of the modern Sarïköy and Biga in Anatolia. It was important enough in the Late Roman Province of Hellespont(us) to be a suffragan see of its capital Cyzicus's Metropolitan Archbishopric, in the sway of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, but, like many cities, declined during Late Antiquity.Its site is located near Gönen in Asiatic Turkey.
Residential Ordinaries
Two of its incumbent Bishops are recorded for certain:- Eutichianus, in whose name Metropolitan Diogenes of Cyzicus signed at the Council of Chalcedon
- Domninus, who in 458 signed the letter of the bishops of the Hellespont province to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian after the lynching by Coptic mobs of Patriarch Proterius of Alexandria.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as the Titular bishopric of Baris in Hellesponto. The diocese is known as Baris di Ellesponto in Curiate Italian.The bishopric has been vacant for a number of decades, but was previously held by at least three incumbents of the fitting Episcopal rank, whose simultaneous assignment is listed as well:
- Louis Marie Maggi, Dominican Order O.P., first as Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Szechwan 四川, then succeeding as Apostolic Vicar of Szechwan 四川
- Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian as Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore
- Walenty Wójcik as Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz–Radom .