was the most important episcopal see of the Church of the East after Seleucia-Ctesiphon. Many of its Nestorian or Assyrian Church of the East and Jacobite bishops were renowned for their writings, including Barsumas, Osee, Narses, Jesusyab and Ebed-Jesus. The Roman Catholic Church has defined titular archbishoprics of Nisibis, for various rites – one Latin and four Eastern Catholic for particular churches sui iuris, notably the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Maronite Catholic Church. When the Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Hassaké was promoted to archiepiscopal rank, it added Nisibi to its name, becoming the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi (not Metropolitan, directly dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch). Latin titular see Established in the 18th century as Titular Archiepiscopal see of Nisibis (informally Nisibis of the Romans). It has been vacant for several decades, having previously had the following incumbents, all of the (intermediary) archiepiscopal rank: Giambattista Braschi (1724.12.20 – 1736.11.24) José Calzado López (Bolaños de Calatrava, 17/04/1680 – Madrid, 7/04/1761) Discalced Franciscans (O.F.M. Disc.) (1738.11.24 – 1761.04.07) Cesare Brancadoro (1789.10.20 – 1800.08.11) (later Cardinal)* Lorenzo Caleppi (1801.02.23 – 1816.03.08) (later Cardinal)* Vincenzo Macchi (1818.10.02 – 1826.10.02)(later Cardinal)* Carlo Luigi Morichini (1845.04.21 – 1852.03.15) (later Cardinal)* Vincenzo Tizzani, C.R.L. (1855.03.26 – 1886.01.15) (later Patriarch)* Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, Jesuits (S.J.) (1887.09.15 – 1887.09.27) Giuseppe Giusti (1891.12.14 – 1897.03.31) Federico Pizza (1897.04.19 – 1909.03.28) Francis McCormack (1909.06.21 – 1909.11.14) Joseph Petrelli (1915.03.30 – 1962.04.29) José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, Salesians (S.D.B.) (1962.05.18 – 1968.07.18) Armenian Catholic titular see Established as Titular Archiepiscopal see of Nisibis (informally Nisibis of the Armenians) in circa 1910. It was suppressed in 1933, having had a single incumbent, of the (intermediary) archiepiscopal rank : Gregorio Govrik, Mechitarists (C.A.M.) (1910.05.07 – 1931.01.26) Chaldean Catholic titular see: Established as Titular Archiepiscopal see of Nisibis (informally Nisibis of the Chaldeans) in the late 19th century, suppressed in 1927, restored in 1970. It has had the following incumbents, all of the (intermediary) archiepiscopal rank : Giuseppe Elis Khayatt (1895.04.22 – 1900.07.13) Hormisdas Etienne Djibri (1902.11.30 – 1917.08.31) Thomas Michel Bidawid (1970.08.24 – 1971.03.29) Gabriel Koda (1977.12.14 – 1992.03) Jacques Ishaq (2005.12.21 – ...), Bishop of Curia emeritus of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon Maronite titular see Established as Titular Archiepiscopal see of Nisibis (informally Nisibis of the Maronites) in 1960. It is vacant, having had a single incumbent of the (intermediary) archiepiscopal rank: Pietro