Acufida was an ancient town and bishopric in
Mauretania, and is now a Latin Catholic
titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...
.
It was located near Cafrida, in modern
Algeria
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History
Acufida gained sufficient importance as a town in the
Roman province
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of
Mauretania Sitifensis
Mauretania Sitifensis was a Roman province in Northwest Africa. The capital was Setifis.
History
In the later division of the Roman Empire under the Emperor Diocletian, the eastern part of Mauretania Caesariensis, from Saldae to the river Ampsag ...
to become a
Catholic
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diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
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suffragan of the provincial Metropole, but eventually faded.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin titular see in 1933. It was renamed Acafida in 1944, but the name was switched back to Acufida in 1971.
It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank:
* Janez Jenko (17 April 1964 – 17 October 1977)
* Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm (3 December 1977 – 30 June 2001)
*
Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno
Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Huancayo since 2004 and a cardinal since 2018.
Biography
Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and ente ...
,
Jesuits
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(
S.J.) (21 November 2001 – 17 July 2004), Apostolic Vicar of
Jaén en Perú (21 November 2001 – 17 July 2004); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Huancayo
Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru.
Location
Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Si ...
(Peru) (17 July 2004 – present) and
Apostolic Administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...
of aforementioned Jaén en Perú (17 July 2004 – 11 November 2005)
* Vincent Barwa (29 September 2004 – 11 February 2008)
* Henrique Soares da Costa (1 April 2009 – 19 March 2014)
* José Roberto Fortes Palau,
Auxiliary Bishop of
São Paulo
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(Brazil) (30 April 2014 – present)
References
External links
GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
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Catholic titular sees in Africa