Mammilla was an ancient city and
bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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in
Algeria
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. It is now a
Latin Catholic
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titular see.
History
The city was important enough in the
Roman province
The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...
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 ...
to become a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
bishopric of its capital's Metropolitan Archbishop of
Caesarea
Caesarea () ( he, קֵיסָרְיָה, ), ''Keysariya'' or ''Qesarya'', often simplified to Keisarya, and Qaysaria, is an affluent town in north-central Israel, which inherits its name and much of its territory from the ancient city of Caesare ...
in Mauretania.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic
titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
in 1933.
It was suppressed as titular see in 1974, having had only these two incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
* Patrick O’Boyle (1970.10.12 – 1971.11.25)
* Bishop-elect Stephen Naidoo,
Redemptorists
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
(C.SS.R.) (1974.07.01 – 1974.08.02), as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
(South Africa) (1974.07.01 – 1984.10.20), later Titular Bishop of
Aquæ flaviæ
Aquae Flaviae (or ''Aquæ Flaviæ'') is the ancient Roman city and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) of Chaves, a municipality in the Portuguese district of Vila Real.
History
The northwest peninsular region is an area of ho ...
(1974.08.02 – 1984.10.20) and succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of the above Cape Town (1984.10.20 – 1989.07.01)
Sources and external links
GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
Catholic titular sees in Africa
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