Ain Zana (Aïn-Zana) is a town and commune in

Souk Ahras Province Souk Ahras ( ar, ولاية سوق أهراس) is a province (''wilaya'') in the Aures region in Algeria, named after its capital, Souk Ahras. It stands on the border between Algeria and Tunisia. Geography Souk Ahras is situated in the extre ...

in north-eastern

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. It is the site of

Diana Veteranorum Diana Veteranorum, today a village called Ain Zana (Aïn Zana), was an ancient Roman- Berber city in Algeria. It was located around 40 km northwest of Lambaesis and 85 km southwest of Cirta. History Diana Veteranorum was founded in ...

, a former ancient city and bishopric in

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. It is now the

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, Diana.

History

Diana was important enough in the

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to become one of the many

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bishoprics no later than mid third century AD, yet was to fade.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin titular bishopric. It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Thomaz Franciszek Czapski,

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(O. Cist.) (1726.07.01 – 1730.12.06) * Hugh MacDonald (1731.02.12 – 1773.03.12) * Andreas Stanislaus von Hattynski (1800.08.11 – 1837.10.02) * Daniel Latussek (1838.02.12 – 1857.08.17) * Félix Biet (畢天榮), Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1878.07.23 – 1901.09.09) * Charles-Eugène Parent (1944.03.11 – 1951.03.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rimouski (1944.03.11 – 1951.03.02), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Canada) (1951.03.02 – 1967.02.25), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of

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(1967.02.25 – 1970.11.26) * Gérard Mongeau, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1951.03.27 – 1976.06.12) as Bishop-Prelate of the

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(1951.03.27 – 1976.06.12), promoted first suffragan Bishop of

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(Philippines) (1976.06.12 – 1979.11.05), promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (1979.11.05 – 1980.03.14) * Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte (1976.06.22 – 1980.03.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of Nancy (France) (1976.06.22 – 1980.03.25); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(France) (1980.03.25 – 1999.11.21) * Raymond Saint-Gelais (1980.07.05 – 1988.02.19) * Marcel Germain Perrier (1988.04.15 – 2000.05.16) * Alfonso Milián Sorribas (2000.11.09 – 2004.11.11) * Pierre-André Fournier (2005.02.11 – 2008.07.03) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Canada) (2005.02.11 – 2008.07.03); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Canada) (2008.07.03 – 2015.01.10) * Thomas Löhr (2009.06.15 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg (Germany)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic with titular incumbent biography links
Diana Diana Communes of Souk Ahras Province {{SoukAhras-geo-stub