The diocese of Garba ( la, Dioecesis Garbensis, link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

During the Vandal Kingdom and the Roman Empire, Garba, was a

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of the Roman province of

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, that is identifiable with the ruins at Aïn-Garb in today's Algeria. The town of Garba was also the

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of an ancient

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episcopal seat. There are three Bishops of Garba known to history. * Bishop Victor the Donatist took part in the Council of Cirta in 305; *At the Conference of Carthage of 411 between the Catholic and Donatist the town was represented by the Donatist Felix, who had no Catholic counterpart. * Another Felix, this time a Catholic participated in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, Felix was then exiled at the end of the council. Today Garba survives only as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is Mark S. Edwards, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne.Garba
at www.catholic-hierarchy.org.

References

{{reflist Numidia (Roman provinces) Catholic titular sees in Africa