Tigamibena was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman
Mauretania
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.
It was located in modern
Algeria. It is now a
Latin Catholic titular see.
History
Tigamibena was one of many towns 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 ...
, important enough to become a
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 its capital
Caesarea in Mauretania
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 ...
(now Cherchell), the Metropolitan Archbishopric. It faded, like most in
Roman Africa
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; in the unified Roman empire :
* Africa (Roman province), with the great metropolis Cartha ...
.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as
Titular bishopric of Tigamibena (Latin and Curiate Italian), Latin adjective Tigamibenen(sis).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
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* Benjamin Ibberson Webster (1968.03.12 – death 1981.01.18) as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of
Paphus
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The current city of Pap ...
(1946.09.24 – 1954.04.24) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Toronto (Ontario,
Canada) (1946.09.24 – 1954.04.24), then Bishop of
Peterborough (Canada) (1954.04.24 – 1968.03.12)
* Patrick Kla Juwle (1972.07.30 – death 1973.08.18) as
Apostolic Vicar of
Cape Palmas
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(
Liberia
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) (1972.07.30 – 1973.08.18)
* Bishop-elect Faustin Ngabu (1974.04.25 – 1974.09.07) as
Coadjutor Bishop
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of
Goma (
Congo-Kinshasa
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) (1974.04.25 – 1974.09.07), succeeded as Bishop of Goma (1974.09.07 – 2010.03.18), also President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (1985 – 1990), President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1992 – 2000)
* Edward Marian Frankowski (1989.02.16 – ...), first as Auxiliary Bishop of
Przemyśl
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(
Poland) (1989.02.16 – 1992.03.25), then as Auxiliary Bishop of
Sandomierz (Poland) (1992.03.25 – 2012.10.06), finally as emeritate.
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Algeria
References
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Sources and external links
GCatholic - data for all sections
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa