The Diocese of Maxita (Massita in curiate Italian) is a bishopric in

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. It was a

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in the

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of Africa Proconsulare.

History

Maxita is located in the Al-Asnam region of

. It is an ancient Christian

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in the

Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarea, Numidia, Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in present-day Algeria. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea, Numidia, Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell). The province had ...

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of the Metropolitan of its capital

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. It ''may'' have been centered on the unrecorded

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discovered at

Al Asnam Chlef () is the capital of Chlef Province, Algeria. Located in the north of Algeria, west of the capital, Algiers, it was founded in 1843, as Orléansville, on the ruins of Roman ''Castellum Tingitanum''. In 1962, it was renamed al-Asnam, but aft ...

, but was to fade. Only one bishop is known from

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: Felix (Italian: Felice), among the Catholic prelates summoned to the

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by the Arian Vandal king

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Titulars see

The diocese of Maxita (the Italian Curiate form being Massita) was nominally restored in 1933 as a

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, of the lowest (episcopal) rank. It has had the following, near-consecutive incumbents: * Romeo Roy Blanchette † (8 Feb 1965 Appointed – 19 July 1966 Appointed, Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, US) *

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† (10 Dec 1966 Appointed – 12 June 1967 Succeeded, Bishop of

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, England, UK) * Camille-André Le Blanc † (8 Jan 1969 Appointed – 23 Nov 1970 Resigned)Diocese of Bathurst, Bathurst
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, Mississippi, US) *

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(13 April 1977 Appointed – 20 April 1984 Appointed, Bishop of

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) * Michael Patrick Driscoll (19 Dec 1989 Appointed – 18 Jan 1999 Appointed, Bishop of

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, Idaho, US) * Marián Chovanec (22 July 1999 Appointed – 20 Nov 2012 Appointed, Bishop of

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) *

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(2 Feb 2013 Appointed – 4 April 2014 Appointed, Bishop of

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, France) *

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(24 May 2014 Appointed – 12 July 2017),

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, appointed, Bishop of

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References

External links

GCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maxita, Diocese Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa

History

Titulars see

See also

References

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