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Caput Cilla, an Ancient city and former bishopric in Roman North Africa, is now a Latin Catholic
Caput Cilla, an Ancient city and former bishopric in Roman North Africa, is now a Latin Catholic titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...
. Its presumed location are the ruins
Ruins () are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate ...
of El-Gouéa, in modern Algeria
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History
Caput Cilla was important enough in theRoman province
The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...
of Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for " Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell).
The province had been part of the Ki ...
to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae
Caesarea in Mauretania (Latin: ''Caesarea Mauretaniae'', meaning "Caesarea of Mauretania") was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria. In the pr ...
's Metropolitan, but later faded.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as aLatin Catholic
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titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...
ric; the Curiate Italian name is Capocilla.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, except the latest (archiepiscopal, the intermediary rank) :
* Leobard D’Souza (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17) as coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "c ...
of Jabalpur, India (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17), succeeded as Bishop of Jabalpur (1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur, India
Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to ...
(1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17), Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1988 – 1991)
* James Philip Mulvihill, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, ...
(O.M.I.) (1965.12.18 – 1967.07.13)
* Félix Ley (フェリックス・レイ), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...
(O.F.M. Cap.) (1968.03.11 – 1972.01.23)
* John Hubert Macey Rodgers, Marists
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(S.M.) (1972.04.07 – 1973.03.01)
* Guy Armand Romano, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brothe ...
(C.SS.R.) (1984.06.25 – 1997.03.03)
* Joseph Fred Naumann (1997.07.08 – 2004.01.07) as auxiliary bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1997.07.08 – 2004.01.07), coadjutor archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
These include:
* Coadj ...
of Kansas City (USA) (2004.01.07 – 2005.01.15), succeeding as metropolitan archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas (2005.01.15 – ...), also Apostolic Administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (2015.04.21 – 2015.09.15)
* Juan Navarro Castellanos (2004.01.31 – 2009.02.12)
*Titular Archbishop Ilson de Jesus Montanari
Ilson de Jesus Montanari (born 18 July 1959) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been secretary of the Congregation for Bishops since 12 October 2013 and Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since 1 May 2020.
Biography
M ...
(2013.10.12 – ...), Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops
The Dicastery for Bishops, formerly named Congregation for Bishops (), is the department of the Roman Curia that oversees the selection of most new bishops. Its proposals require papal approval to take effect, but are usually followed. The Dica ...
, Secretary of College of Cardinals
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See also
*Catholic Church in Algeria
The Catholic Church in Algeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Prior to independence, Algeria was home to a million Catholic settlers (10%). Some Moroccans of Berber (mostly Kabyle ...
References
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