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Catabum Castra was an
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Catabum Castra was an ancient
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Roman town of North Africa during the Byzantine Empire
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, Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire
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. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Djidioua
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Titular see of Catabum Castra
During theRoman Empire
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the town of Catabum Castra was the seat
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of an ancient
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bishopric
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History
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. That ancient diocese ceased to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
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. The diocese
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History
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was, however, nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric
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.Known Bishops
Catabum Castra has had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Patera ( fl.484) * Urbain Etienne Morlion], White Fathers, M. Afr. (1966.09.29 – 1971.01.20) * Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘) (1971.07.25 – 1975.06.05) * Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (1975.08.29 – 1976.05.31) *Michael Nnachi Okoro
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(1977.06.27 – 1983.02.19)
* František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30)
* Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아) (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10)
* Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. (2009.12.24 – ...), Apostolic Vicar
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of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia
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