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The Diocese of Maxita (Massita in curiate Italian) is a bishopric in Algeria. It was a Roman Catholic Church diocese in the Roman province of
Maxita is located in the region of Al-Asnam, Algeria. It is an ancient Christian
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Canada, at GCatholic.org. * Joseph Lawson Howze (8 Nov 1972 Appointed – 8 March 1977 Appointed, Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, US) * Jesús María de Jesús Moya (13 April 1977 Appointed – 20 April 1984 Appointed, Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís) * Michael Patrick Driscoll (19 Dec 1989 Appointed – 18 Jan 1999 Appointed, Bishop of Boise, Idaho, US) * Marián Chovanec (22 July 1999 Appointed – 20 Nov 2012 Appointed, Bishop of
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GCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
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Africa Proconsulare
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History
Maxita is located in the region of Al-Asnam, Algeria. It is an ancient Christian episcopal see
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
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 ...
, suffragan
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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 ...
of the Metropolitan of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae.
It ''may'' have been centered on the unrecorded basilica discovered at Al Asnam, but was to fade.
Only one bishop is known from antiquity
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: Felix (Italian: Felice), who was among the Catholic prelates summoned to the Council of Carthage (484) by the Arian Vandal king Huneric.
Titular see
The diocese of Maxita (the Italian Curiate form being Massita) was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, of the lowest (episcopal) rank. It has had the following, near-consecutive incumbents : * Romeo Roy Blanchette † (8 Feb 1965 Appointed – 19 July 1966 Appointed, Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, US) * John Gerard McClean † (10 Dec 1966 Appointed – 12 June 1967 Succeeded, Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, UK) * Camille-André Le Blanc † (8 Jan 1969 Appointed – 23 Nov 1970 Resigned)Canada, at GCatholic.org. * Joseph Lawson Howze (8 Nov 1972 Appointed – 8 March 1977 Appointed, Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, US) * Jesús María de Jesús Moya (13 April 1977 Appointed – 20 April 1984 Appointed, Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís) * Michael Patrick Driscoll (19 Dec 1989 Appointed – 18 Jan 1999 Appointed, Bishop of Boise, Idaho, US) * Marián Chovanec (22 July 1999 Appointed – 20 Nov 2012 Appointed, Bishop of
Banská Bystrica
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* Michel Christian Alain Aupetit
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(2 Feb 2013 Appointed – 4 April 2014 Appointed, Bishop of Nanterre, France)
* Pierantonio Tremolada (24 May 2014 Appointed – 12 July 2017), Auxiliary bishop of Milan, appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
See also
*Catholic Church in Africa
The Catholic Church in Africa is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See in Rome.
Christian activity in Africa began in the 1st century when the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Egypt was formed as one of the fou ...
References
External links
GCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
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