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Catabum Castra was an
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. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Djidioua in
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Titular see of Catabum Castra

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the town of Catabum Castra was the
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of an
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. That ancient diocese ceased to function with the
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. The
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was, however, nominally restored in 1933 as a
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Known Bishops

Catabum Castra has had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Patera ( fl.484) * Urbain Etienne Morlion], White Fathers, M. Afr. (1966.09.29 – 1971.01.20) * Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘) (1971.07.25 – 1975.06.05) * Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (1975.08.29 – 1976.05.31) * Michael Nnachi Okoro (1977.06.27 – 1983.02.19) *
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(1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30) * Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아) (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10) * Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler,
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