Bononia, once the residential

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of the city of that name, is a

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of the

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History

The city of Bononia lay within the ancient

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. Under its present name of

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, it is part of

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.''Catholic Hierarchy'' page
{Self-published source, date=June 2015 It was important enough to become a

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bishopric of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the provincial capital Raziaria. The

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by which the diocese is referred to is ''Bononiensis''.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Catholic

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of Bononia (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Bononien(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Antoine Caillot (12 December 1961 – 24 March 1964) as

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(France) (1961.12.12 – 1964.03.24); next succeeded as Bishop of Évreux (1964.03.24 – retired 1972.04.12), died 1994 * John Burke (born Ireland) (3 August 1966 – death 24 July 1970) as emeritate; previously

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of Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla (India) (1950 – 1951.04.12), only Bishop of (newly split-off)

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(India) (1959.06.04 – 1964.05.12), (see) restyled 'first' Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India) (1964.05.12 – retired 1966.08.03) * José Julio Aguilar García (5 December 1970 – 2 November 1972) as

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(in his native

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) (1969.05.09 – 1972.11.02); later Bishop of

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) (1972.11.02 – retired 1974.08.22), died 1999 * Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla (30 January 1973 – 30 April 1991) as last

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(

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(Nicaragua) (1991.04.30 – 1993.10.29), died 2007 * James Moriarty (26 June 1991 – 4 June 2002) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Ireland) (1991.06.26 – 2002.06.04); later Bishop of

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(Ireland) (2002.06.04 – retired 2010.04.22) * Milan Šášik,

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(C.M.) (born

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) (12 November 2002 – 17 March 2010) as

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) (2002.11.12 – 2010.03.17); next succeeded as Eparch (

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(US) (2010.06.08 – ...).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic with titular incumbent biography links
; Bibliography - ecclesiastical history * lemma 'Bononia', in ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. IX, Paris 1937, coll. 1089-1090 Christian organizations established in 1961 Catholic titular sees in Europe Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses Culture in Vidin History of Vidin