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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,642.

History

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times, the Ancient city was called Cova and belonged to the

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. It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric. Bishop Maximus of Cova was one of the Catholic bishops whom the

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king

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summoned to

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in 484 and then exiled.

Titular see of Cova

No longer a residential bishopric, Cova is today listed by the

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as a

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(1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08) * José Luis Chávez Botello (1997.02.21 – 2001.07.16), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) *

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(2001.11.30 – 2010.01.26, as Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston), later Bishop of

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(also in Texas, USA 2010.01.26 – ...) * J. Douglas Deshotel, Auxiliary Bishop of

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(2010.03.11 – 2016.02.17), named Bishop of the

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(2016.4.29 - Present) Auxiliary Bishop of

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References

Source and External links

GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
Communes of Jijel Province {{Jijel-geo-stub