Paria in Proconsulari is an Ancient town and former bishopric in

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and now a Latin

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of the

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History

The diocese (in Latin Rite Pariensis in Proconsulari) was founded in

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in a town of what was then

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. The actual town it was established in, was presumably called Pariah, though its actual location has been lost to us. Despite this it is presumed to be in modern

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. Paria was a

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of the

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, in the papal sway. Only one bishop of this African diocese is historically recorded : Felix, an attendee at the

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, called against the heresy

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Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1989 as Latin

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of Paria in Proconsolare (Latine / Paria di Proconsolare (Curiate Italian) / Parien(sis) in Proconsulari (Latin adjective). ''Le Petit Episcopologe'', Issue 217, Number 18,098 It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : :BIOS to ELABORATE * Edward Peter Cullen (1994.02.08 – 1997.12.16) * Jean-Paul Randriamanana (1999.06.03 – 2011.11.09) * Joselito Carreño Quiñonez,

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(M.X.Y.), Apostolic Vicar of Inírida (Colombia).

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