Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

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and former

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, now a Latin Catholic

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Bishopric

The Titular Episcopal See of Bapara is a

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. The current

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is Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc, of the

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. The original

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of the

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has been lost to history although it was in

Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell). The province had been part of the Kingd ...

and is generally assumed to have been near the

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Ksila, on the Mediterranean coastline of

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Known bishops

* Bishop Jacob Barnabas Aerath 2007–2015 * Richard Joseph Garcia 1998–2006 *

Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (13 July 1943 – 10 December 2020) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop. Conde Alfonzo was born in Venezuela and ordained to the priesthood in 1968. He served as titular bishop of ''Bapara'' and as auxiliary bi ...

1995–1997 *

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1952–1995 * Vincemalus ( fl484)''Patrologia latina'', t. LVIII, coll. 174 e 346. RafaelCondeObispo (cropped).JPG , Mons. Rafael Conde Alfonzo. Bishop Richard Garcia.jpg , Bishop Richard Garcia.

References

Archaeological sites in Algeria Catholic titular sees in Africa Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis Ancient Berber cities {{Algiers-geo-stub