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'''Pacandus''' was considered a Roman Catholic [[Titular bishopric]], recorded, using its adjectival form ''Pacanden(sis)'' in the list of such sees as late as 1884, when it was suppressed as never having existed as a residential see. One holder of the title was [[Léon Livinhac]], [[superior general]] of the [[White Fathers]].
The name of "Pacandus" owes its origin, without doubt, to the bishopric of [[Acanda]] in [[Lycia]] (Asia Minor), whose bishop, Panaetius, signed in 458 the letter of the bishops of Lycia to [[Emperor Leo I]], and which is mentioned in the ''[[Notitiae Episcopatuum]]'' from the seventh to the thirteenth century among the [[suffragan]]s of [[Myra]]. Its exact site is unknown.
Neither "Pacandus" nor "Acandus" is included in the current list of titular sees recognized by the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013</ref>
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