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Gummi in Byzacena was a city and bishopric in

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, which remains a Latin Catholic

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History

The city, in modern

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, presumed near modern Henchir-Gelama or Henchir-El-Senem, was important enough in the

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Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis. History At the end of the 3rd century AD, t ...

to become one of the many

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sees of the Metropolitan of the provincial capital

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(Sousse), but like many faded.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as

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of the Episcopal (lowest) rank, under the names of Gummi in Byzacena (Latin), adjective Gummitan(us) in Byzacena (Latin) / Gummi di Bizacena (Curiate Italian) It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal rank with an archiepiscopal exception : *''Titular Archbishop: Jean Wolff,

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(C.S.Sp.) (1967.04.13 – 1971.05.24), on emeritate, died 1990; previously Titular Bishop of Phatanus (1941.07.08 – 1955.09.14) as

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(

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) (1941.07.08 – 1947.02.13) and as

of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1947.02.13 – 1955.09.14), promoted with his see first Bishop of Diégo-Suarez (1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11) and again first Metropolitan Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez (1958.12.11 – 1967.04.13) * Newton Holanda Gurgel (1979.04.10 – 1993.11.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of Crato (

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) (1979.04.10 – 1993.11.24); succeeded as Bishop of Crato (1993.11.24 – retired 2001.05.02) * José Clemente Weber (1994.03.23 – 2004.06.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1994.03.23 – 2004.06.15); later Bishop of Santo Angelo (Brazil) (2004.06.15 – retired 2013.04.24) * Josafá Menezes da Silva (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (

) (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15); later Bishop of

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(Brazil) (2010.12.15 – ...) and

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(Brazil) (2014.05.20 – 2015.06.24) * Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011.02.24 – 2013.02.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (

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) (2011.02.24 – 2013.02.23); later Bishop of

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(Mexico) (2013.02.23 – ...) * Alphonse Nguyễn Hữu Long,

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(P.S.S.) (2013.06.15 – 2018.12.22), as Auxiliary Bishop of Hung Hoá (

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); succeeded as Bishop of

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(2018.12.22 –...)

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Catholic titular sees in Africa

History

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