Castra Galbae was an ancient city and
diocese
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History
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in
Africa Proconsulare. It is now a
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titular see
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.
History
Castra Galbae, apparently named after a member of the
Galba family (including an ephemerous general-emperor), was among the towns, important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Numidia (in the papal sway) to become a
suffragan diocese.
Its only historically documented bishop, Lucius, took part in the
Council of Carthage called in 256 by Saint
Cyprian
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, bishop of
Carthage), concerning the
lapsi, 'fallen' Christians who accepted forced pagan sacrifices to avoid martyrdom.
The bishopric faded, plausibly during the
7th century advent of Islam, but the town persisted in modern
Algeria
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, under the Arabic equivalent of its ancient name: Kasr-Galaba (''kasr'' also meaning fortified place).
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as
titular bishopric
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of Castra Galbæ (Latin) / Castra di Galba (Curiate Italian) / Castrensis Galbæ (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, ''including one of
Byzantine Rite'':
* Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert (born France) (1966.08.18 – death 1994.03.04) as emeritate; formerly Bishop of
Les Gonaïves (
Haiti) (1936.01.14 – 1966.08.18)
* László Bíró (1994.04.18 – 2008.11.20) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemet (
Hungary
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) (1994.04.18 – 2008.11.20); later
Military Ordinary
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Until 1986, they were called "military ...
of
Hungary
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(Hungary) (2008.11.20 – ...)
*''
Sviatoslav Shevchuk (born
Ukraine
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) (2009.01.14 – 2011.03.23) as
Ukrainian Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of
Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (
Argentina
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) (2009.01.14 – 2010.03.10); next remaining a while
Apostolic Administrator
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of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina) (2010.03.10 – 2011.03.23), then
Major Archbishop
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of
Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (
011.03.232011.03.25 – ...), President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (2011.03.25 – ...)''
* Edgar Aristizábal Quintero (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Medellin (
Colombia) (2011.05.04 – 2017.05.04); next Bishop of
Yopal
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History
During the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The ...
(Colombia) (2017.05.04 – ...)
*
Bishop-elect
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Josef Nuzík (2017.07.05 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Olomouc
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Special churches
...
(Moravia, Czechia) (2017.07.05 – ...).
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Algeria
Current dioceses
All Roman Rite
;''Ecclesiastical province of Alger''
* Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alger; united with the titular see of Iulia Caesarea (Ancient bishopric at Alger)
** suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese of Consta ...
Sources and external links
GCatholic; Bibliography
* Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 465
* Stefano Antonio Morcelli, ''Africa christiana'', Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 130
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses