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 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:
Two other Bishops of Baris, Paulus and Stefanus, signing at councils in 869 and 879, might be from this see or its namesake Baris in Pisidia.

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: