Pertusa was an ancient city and

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. It is now a Catholic titular bishopric.

History

The Bishopric of Ad Pertusa was centered on the ancient

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of Pertvsa, which has been identified with

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at modern El-Haraïria, an outer suburb of

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. During the

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Pertusa was located in the

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of Africa Proconsularis and was important enough to become a bishopric, which was

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to the nearby Metropolitan, of

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. The town is mentioned in the Antonini Itinerarium.Bernd Löhberg, Das "Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti": (Frank & Timme GmbH, 2006
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Titular see

It was nominally revived in 1933 as a Latin

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of the lowest (episcopal) in 1933, and has almost constantly been awarded. Its incumbents were mostly secular priests : * Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, Spiritans (C.S.Sp.) (1935.06.18 – 1957.09.29), as first Apostolic Vicar of Northern Katanga (in then Belgian Congo) * Leonard Philip Cowley (1957.11.28 – 1973.08.18) * George Kinzie Fitzsimons (1975.05.20 – 1984.03.28) * Kazimierz Górny (1984.10.26 – 1992.03.25) * Roberto Rodríguez (1992.11.12 – 1998.06.23) * Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1998.11.05 – 2004.09.21), as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(capital of

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) (1998.11.05 – 2004.09.21), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Windhoek (2004.09.21 – ...) and President of Namibian Catholic Bishop’s Conference (September 2007 – ...) * Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, (2005.04.01 – ...),

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References

External links

GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography list
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pertusa Catholic titular sees in Europe