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Obbi, Mauretania
:''See Obbi for namesakes'' Obbi was an ancient city and former diocese in Africa Proconsulare. It is now a Roman Catholic titular see. History Obbi was among the numerous towns in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis which were important enough to become a suffragan bishopric, yet faded completely, even its location in modern Algeria hasn't been identified. Its only recorded incumbent, Eusabius, attended the Council of Carthage of 484, called by the king Huneric, as one of his Vandal Kingdom's Catholic bishops, like most of those afterwards banished, unlike the schismatic adherents of the heresy Donatism. Titular see The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin titular bishopric of Obbi (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Obbitan(us) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: * Manuel Ferreira Cabral (1965.01.16 – 1967.07.03) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Braga (Portugal) (1965.01.16 – 1967. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obbi (other)
Bahrain International Airport ( ar, مطار البحرين الدولي, ''maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī'') is the international airport of Bahrain. Located on Muharraq Island, adjacent to the capital Manama, it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air. The airport is managed by the Bahrain Airport Company. Established in 1927, it is the Persian Gulf's oldest international airport. The airport has recently undergone a $1.1 billion expansion which launched on the 28th of January 2021, boosting the airport's capacity to 14 million passengers annually. History Origins The origins of Bahrain's international airport dates to 1927 when a chartered flight to Bahrain landed. The first scheduled commercial airliner to arrive in Bahrain, in 1932, was a flight from London to Delhi operated on a Handley Page H.P.42 aircraft named ''Hannibal''. The H.P.42 carried only 24 passengers, and the flight from London had taken several days of flying at speeds of 100 miles per hour. Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Beira
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beira ( la, Beiren(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Beira in Mozambique. History * 4 September 1940: Established as Diocese of Beira from the Territorial Prelature of Mozambique * 4 June 1984: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Beira Special churches The seat of the archbishop is Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora de Rosario (Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Rosary) in Beira. Bishops * Bishops of Beira (Roman rite) ** Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende (21 April 1943 – 25 January 1967) ** Bishop Manuel Ferreira Cabral (3 July 1967 – 1 July 1971) ** Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana (1972 – 27 February 1973) ** Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves Costa, O.F.M. (23 December 1974 – 3 December 1976) ** Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (3 December 1976 – 4 June 1984 ''see below'') * Metropolitan Archbishops of Beira (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves (''see below'' 4 June 1984 – 14 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Poitiers
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Pictaviensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Poitiers'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in France. The archepiscopal see is in the city of Poitiers. The Diocese of Poitiers includes the two Departments of Vienne and Deux-Sèvres. The Concordat of 1802 added to the see besides the ancient Diocese of Poitiers a part of the Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes. The diocese was erected according to an unsteady tradition in the third century, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux. On 13 August 1317, the diocese was subdivided by Pope John XXII, and two new dioceses, Luçon and Maillezais, were created. The diocese was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in 2002. The archdiocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Angoulême, the Diocese of La Rochelle, the Diocese of Limoges, and the Diocese of Tulle. The Cathedral Church of Saint-Pierre had a chapter composed of the bishop and tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Parramatta
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1986. The Diocese of Parramatta is an organisation of the Roman Catholic Church, with responsibility for the western suburbs of Sydney and the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, Australia. St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Parramatta. On 5 May 2016, Pope Francis appointed Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv to be its fourth bishop. His installation took place on 16 June 2016. History The diocese is located in one of the fastest-growing areas of New South Wales. The diocese is west of Sydney and reaches from , west to , south to and north to . The diocese was established 8 April 1986 from the western part of the Archdiocese of Sydney. and by 2004 served 307,392 parishioners out of a total population of 924,621. Bishops Bishops of Parramatta The following prelates have served as Bishop of Parramatta: : Other priest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Sydney
The Archdiocese of Sydney ( la, Archidioecesis Sydneyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Erected in 1842, the archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland-Newcastle, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia-Forbes and Wollongong. The Military Ordinariate of Australia, as well as the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of St Michael, Archangel and the Maronite Diocese of St Maroun—these latter two Eastern Catholic—are also associated with the archdiocese. St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. The current archbishop is Anthony Fisher. The Archdiocese of Sydney is involved in many different agencies within Sydney to provide services, care and support to people in need, including aged care; education; health care; prayer, worship and liturgy; solidarity and justice; vocations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bede Vincent Heather
Bede Vincent Heather (7 December 1928 – 25 February 2021) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. Heather was born in Australia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. He served as titular bishop of Obbi and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, from 1979 to 1986 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta The Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1986. The Diocese of Parramatta is an organisation of the Roman Catholic Church, with responsibility for the western sub ... from 1986 to 1997. Notes 1928 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Roman Catholic bishops of Parramatta Roman Catholic bishops of Sydney {{RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
