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Sidi Fredj, known under French rule as Sidi Ferruch, is a coastal town in
Algiers Province Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers a ...
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. It is located within the territory of the municipality of Staouéli, on a
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on the
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. It is the site of the ancient city and bishopric Obori, which remains a Catholic
titular see 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 ...
.


History

Obori was important enough in the
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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 one of the many
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s of its capital
Caesarea Mauretaniae Caesarea in Mauretania (Latin: ''Caesarea Mauretaniae'', meaning "Caesarea of Mauretania") was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria. In the pr ...
's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but faded like most sees in
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. Sidi Fredj was the landing spot where the French established their beachhead for the
Invasion of Algiers in 1830 The invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by Charles X, invaded and conquered the Deylik of Algiers. Algiers was annexed by the Ottoman Empire in 1529 after the capture of Algie ...
. A number of ships of the French Navy were subsequently named ''Sidi Ferruch'', the colonial name of the town under French rule, in honour of the event.


Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as the
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 ...
of Obori (Latin) / Obori (Curiate Italian) / Oboritan(us) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1297.htm GCatholic * James Francis Carney (1966.01.07 – 1969.01.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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) (1966.01.07 – 1969.01.08), next succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (1969.01.08 – death 1990.09.16) * Luigi Zanzottera,
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(O.S.J.) (1969.03.13 – death 2005.01.18), as Auxiliary Bishop of
Huaraz Huaraz () (from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Waraq'' or ''Waras'', "''dawn''"), founded as San Sebastián de Huaraz, is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Ancash Region (State of Ancash) and the seat of government of Huaraz Province. The ...
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) (1969.03.13 – 1970.05.31) and on emeritate * Juan José Pineda Fasquelle,
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).


See also

*
List of lighthouses in Algeria This is a list of lighthouses in Algeria. The list includes those maritime lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles. They are located along the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastline, and on ...
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Tunisia The Catholic Church in Tunisia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Dioceses The Catholic church in Tunisia presently comprises only a single Latin archbishopric, in the national capital T ...


References


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GCatholic
Populated coastal places in Algeria {{Algiers-geo-stub