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Giru Mons is an ancient town of the Roman Empire and a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The ancient town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Yerroum, northern Algeria.
Giru Mons ( la, Diocesis Girumontensis, link=no) was the capital of a historic diocese in the Roman province of Bishops Titulas Giru Mons
at GCatholic.org.
Giru Mons is an ancient town of the Roman Empire and a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. The ancient town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Yerroum, northern Algeria.
Giru Mons ( la, Diocesis Girumontensis, link=no) was the capital of a historic diocese in the Roman province of 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 ...
, which ceased to function in the 7th century during the Islamic expansion
The spread of Islam spans about 1,400 years. Muslim conquests following Muhammad's death led to the creation of the caliphates, occupying a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by Arab Muslim forces conquering vast territories ...
, into northern Algeria. The only known ancient bishop of this diocese is Reparato, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, after which Reparato was exiled. At present the Catholic bishops are titular.at GCatholic.org.
Known bishops
*Reparato (fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
484)
* Donaldo Chávez Núñez Auxiliary Bishop in Managua (Nicaragua) February 15, 1966 – 1979
* Antony Selvanayagam Auxiliary Bishop in Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysia) 6 March 1980 – 2 July 1983
* Stefan Moskwa Stefan Moskwa (September 27, 1935 in Wola Mala – October 18, 2004 in Przemysl) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Doctor of Theology, rector of the Higher Seminary in Przemyśl in 1976–1986, auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl 1984–2004.KR Prokop: ...
Auxiliary Bishop in Przemyśl ( Poland) 30 November 1983 – 18 October 2004
* Giambattista Diquattro
Giambattista Diquattro (born 18 March 1954) is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and been a nuncio and archbishop si ...
Titular archbishop pro hac vice Apostolic Nuncio 2 April 2005
* References
Archaeological sites in Algeria Catholic titular sees in Africa Ancient Berber cities Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis {{Algiers-geo-stub