Albulae is an ancient city and former bishopric in

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. It remains a

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of the

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/ref> It is identified with the modern town of Ain Temouchent, in present

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, near the Moroccan border.

History

Albulae was initially important enough in the

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of Mauretania Caesariensis to become one of the suffragans of the Metropolitan Archbishopric for its capital,

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. However, its influence gradually waned.

Titular bishopric

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin

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. Titular bishops of Albulae, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, ''with an archiepiscopal exception'', have been : *

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(1948.08.11 – 1966.09.22), later Bishop of Valleyfield, Quebec *'' Titular archbishop'' Edward Daniel Howard (1966.12.09 – 1983.01.02), as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of

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References

Sources and external links

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