The Diocese of Tubia (Dioecesis Tubiensis) is a suppressed and titular see in the province of

Mauritania 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 Kingdo ...

of the Roman Catholic Church. Tubia was a

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in North Africa during the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires that is identifiable with the ruins of Henchir-Toubia ( Qar`at aţ Ţūbīyah).

Bishopric

Felix was the only known bishop of this African diocese from antiquity. He is known as he took part in the Council of Carthage (411), between Catholic and Donatist bishops of

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. (Felix was a Catholic) Today Tubia survives as titular bishopric, the current bishop is José Cayetano Parra Novo. Tubia (Titular See)
at catholic-hierarchy.org.

Known bishops

* Felix ( fl 411 ) * Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, OFM † (May 25, 1936 – March 13, 1959) *

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(May 2, 1959 – August 16, 1961, Bishop of Berlin) * Théophile Mbemba (11 November 1961 – 23 May 1964 of

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) * Juozapas Pletkus (8 November 1967 – 29 September 1975) * Otto Wüst (27 November 1975 – 21 September 1982 bishop of Basel) *

Dominik Hrušovský Dominik Hrušovský (1 June 1926 – 27 July 2016) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served outside his homeland during its years of Communist control, largely devoted to the pastoral care of Catholic Slovaks abroad. Late in his career h ...

(18 December 1982 – 27 July 2016 Belarus). * José Cayetano Parra Novo, from 11 November 2016.

References

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Bishopric

Known bishops

See also

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