The city of Aradus, as it was then called, became a Christian bishopric.
At the First Council of Constantinople in 381, Mocimus appears as bishop of Aradus.
The town was founded by a colony from Arvad or Aradus ( Arrianus, Anab.
The acts of the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 were signed by Asyncretius as bishop of Aradus.
No longer a residential bishopric, Aradus is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on 7 June 1991 titular bishop of Aradus and auxiliary bishop of Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.
His episcopal ordination was on 16 September 1989, and the main consecrator was the Joseph Merhi, Eparch of Cairo and Georges Abi-Saber, Titular bishop of Aradus.
At the time of the Council of Ephesus ( 431 ), some sources speak of a Musaeus as bishop of Aradus and Antaradus, while others mention only Aradus or only Antaradus.
At the time of the Council of Ephesus ( 431 ), some sources speak of a Musaeus as bishop of Aradus and Antaradus, while others mention only Aradus or only Antaradus.
At the time of the Crusades, Antaradus, by then called Tartus or Tortosa, was a Latin Church diocese, whose bishop also held the titles of Aradus and Maraclea ( perhaps Rachlea ).