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Diocese of Numida

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Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

Numida was an ancient Roman town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was located in modern northern Algeria.

The town was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, of which very little is known.[1] That Diocese survives today as a titular bishopric.

The location of the classical antiquity has been lost since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb,[2] and all that remains is the titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church that was once centered in that town.[3][4]

Bishopric

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Today Numida survives as a titular bishopric[5][6] and the current archbishop, personal title, is Giovanni Battista.

Known bishops of the diocese include

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  2. ^ Numida at gcatholic.org
  3. ^ "Titulare N". www.apostolische-nachfolge.de. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ^ Cheney, David M. "Numida (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  6. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 247