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town and bishopric in

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, which remains a Latin Catholic

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. It corresponds with the modern locality of El-Kherba in

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History

Tigava was one of many cities in the

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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 ...

which were important enough to become a

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of the Metropolitan Archbishopric in its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell), but like most faded. Saint

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Titular see

Tigava's

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is included in the

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's list of titular bishoprics since it was nominally restored in 1933. It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Basile Tanghe, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1935.01.28 – death 1947.12.16) as first Apostolic Vicar of Belgian Ubangui (

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, then Belgian; now Molegbe diocese) (1935.01.28 – 1947.12.16), previously last

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of Belgian Ubangui (1931.10.16 – 1935.01.28) * Alfonse Bossart, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1948.02.12 – death 1963.03.03) as first Apostolic Vicar of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa; now Idiofa diocese) (1948.02.12 – 1957) and on emeritate; previously last

of Ipamu (1937.06.11 – 1948.02.12) * John Louis Morkovsky (1963.04.16 – 1975.04.22) as

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of Galveston–Houston (

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, USA) (1963.04.16 – 1975.04.22), succeeded as Bishop of Galveston–Houston (1975.04.22 – retired 1984.08.21); previously Titular Bishop of

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(1955.12.22 – 1958.08.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Amarillo (Texas, USA) (1955.12.22 – 1958.08.18), succeeding as Bishop of Amarillo (1958.08.18 – 1963.04.16); died 1990 *

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(1984.12.20 – death 2013.04.10) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (

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) (1984.12.20 – 1996.07.31) and on emeritate * Leomar Antônio Brustolin (2015.01.07 – 2021.06.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(

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)

References

Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis {{Algeria-hist-stub