Germania in Numidia is a former ancient city and

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bishopric and current

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titular see. It was in the

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History

Germania was thought to have been located near modern Ksar-El-Kelb? in present-day

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. It was sufficiently important within the

to be a

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bishopric of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cirta (modern Constantine), but faded.

Bishopric

Ancient bishops

A bishopric was established here During the

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. It stopped functioning in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion. Known bishops include *Innocence (fl 411)Stefano Antonio Morcelli, ''Africa christiana'', Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 168–169. *Crescenzo ( fl. 484)

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a

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in 1933. It has had the following (near-consecutive) incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks: * Titular Archbishop

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(S.J.) (1962.04.05 – 1962.04.20) * Titular Bishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo (1963.07.25 – 1966.11.21) * Titular Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J. (1967.06.13 – 1978.05.26) * Titular Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28), Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Argentina) (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28), later Bishop of

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(Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22) and Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Argentina) (1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27) * Titular Bishop Isaías Duarte Cancino (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18), Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Colombia) (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18), Bishop of

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(Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1995.08.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Colombia) (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16) * Titular Archbishop

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(1990.03.15 – 2022.12.19),

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(papal ambassador) emeritus to Germany

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