Albulae is an ancient city and former bishopric in

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. It remains a

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of the

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, near the Moroccan border.

History

Albulae was initially important enough in the

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to become one of the

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s of the Metropolitan Archbishopric for its capital, Caesarea Mauretaniae. However, its influence gradually waned.

Titular bishopric

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin titular bishopric. Titular bishops of Albulae, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, ''with an archiepiscopal exception'', have been : * Percival Caza (1948.08.11 – 1966.09.22), later Bishop of

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*'' Titular archbishop'' Edward Daniel Howard (1966.12.09 – 1983.01.02), as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of Isauropolis (1923.12.23 – 1926.04.30), Auxiliary Bishop of

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(S.V.D.) (1983.03.17 – 2007.08.18) * João Carlos Seneme, Stigmatines (C.S.S.) (2007.10.17 – 2013.06.26), later Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil * Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida (2013.09.25 - ... ), Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

References

Sources and external links

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