:''See Leistarcha scitissimella for the moth species also known as Tigava scitissimella'' Tigava was an ancient

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town and bishopric in

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, which remains a Latin Catholic

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. It corresponds with the modern locality of El-Kherba in

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History

Tigava was one of many cities in the

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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 ...

which were important enough to become a

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of the Metropolitan Archbishopric in its capital

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(modern Cherchell), but like most faded. Saint Typasius was a veteran of the Roman garrison.

Titular see

Tigava's

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is included in the

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's list of

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s since it was nominally restored in 1933. It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Basile Tanghe,

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1935.01.28 – death 1947.12.16) as first

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of Belgian Ubangui (

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, then Belgian; now Molegbe diocese) (1935.01.28 – 1947.12.16), previously last

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of Belgian Ubangui (1931.10.16 – 1935.01.28) * Alfonse Bossart,

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(O.M.I.) (1948.02.12 – death 1963.03.03) as first

of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa; now Idiofa diocese) (1948.02.12 – 1957) and on emeritate; previously last

of Ipamu (1937.06.11 – 1948.02.12) * John Louis Morkovsky (1963.04.16 – 1975.04.22) as

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of Galveston–Houston (

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, USA) (1963.04.16 – 1975.04.22), succeeded as Bishop of Galveston–Houston (1975.04.22 – retired 1984.08.21); previously Titular Bishop of

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(1955.12.22 – 1958.08.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Amarillo (Texas, USA) (1955.12.22 – 1958.08.18), succeeding as Bishop of Amarillo (1958.08.18 – 1963.04.16); died 1990 * Bernhard Rieger (1984.12.20 – death 2013.04.10) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (

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) (1984.12.20 – 1996.07.31) and on emeritate *

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(2015.01.07 – 2021.06.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(

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) * Hiansen Vieira Franco (2025 - presently) as Auxiliary Bishop of Arquidiocese de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.

References

Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis {{Algeria-hist-stub