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{{more citations needed, date=June 2017 Sila was ancient city and
bishopric In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
in Roman North Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic
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.


History

Sila, identified with modern Bordj-El-Ksar in present
Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
, was among the cities important enough in the
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of
Numidia Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya. The polity was originally divided between ...
(in the papal sway) to become one of its many
suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandr ...
s, yet destined to fade, possibly with the 7th century advent of Islam. Its only historically documented bishop, Donatus, was exiled in 484 by king
Huneric Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was ma ...
of the
Vandal Kingdom The Vandal Kingdom () or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans () was a confederation of Vandals and Alans, which was a barbarian kingdoms, barbarian kingdom established under Gaiseric, a Vandals, Vandalic warlord. It ruled parts of North Africa and th ...
, like most attending Catholic bishops, unlike their
Donatist Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Carthage from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to ...
(heretical) counterparts.


Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1925 as Latin
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 Sila (Latin = Curiate Italian) / 錫拉 (正體中文) / Silen(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank ''or of higher archiepiscopal rank:'' *
Francis Joseph Spellman Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death in 1967. From 1932 to 1939, Spellman served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese ...
(1932.07.30 – 1939.04.15) as
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of
Archdiocese of Boston The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston), Cathedral o ...
(Mass., USA) (1932.07.30 – 1939.04.15); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
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(NY, USA) (1939.04.15 – death 1967.12.02) and
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(USA) (1939.12.11 – 1967.12.02), created
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of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1946.02.22 – 1967.12.02) * Thomas Arthur Connolly (1939.06.10 – 1950.05.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of San Francisco The Archdiocese of San Francisco (Latin: ''Archdiœcesis Sancti Francisci''; Spanish: ''Arquidiócesis de San Francisco'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the Unit ...
(Calif., USA) (1939.06.10 – 1948.02.28) and as
Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese. The coa ...
of Roman Catholic Diocese of Seattle (Wash., USA) (1948.02.28 – 1950.05.18); next succeeded as last suffragan Bishop of Seattle (1950.05.18 – 1951.06.23), (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of
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(1951.06.23 – 1975.02.13), died 1991 * Cornelius Lucey (1950.11.14 – 1952.08.24) as Coadjutor Bishop of
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(
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) (1950.11.14 – 1952.08.24); next succeeded as last Bishop of Cork (Ireland) (1952.08.24 – 1958.04.19), also
Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Diocese of Ross (Ireland) (1954 – 1958.04.19) succeeding and (see) restyled as first Bishop of Cork and Ross (1958.04.19 – retired 1980.08.23), died 1982 * Joseph Trương Cao Ðại (1953.01.08 – death 1969.06.29), as
Apostolic Vicar Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...
of Hai Phòng (
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) (1953.01.08 – 1960) and on emeritate *'' Titular Archbishop: Alberto Rencoret Donoso (1970.05.18 – 1976.02.26) as emeritate, died 1978; previously last suffragan Bishop of
Puerto Montt Puerto Montt (Mapuche: Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune ...
(
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
) (1958.03.21 – 1963.05.10), (see) restyled first Metropolitan Archbishop of
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(Chile) (1963.05.10 – 1970.05.18)'' * Michael Murphy (1976.04.01 – 1980.08.23) as Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross (Ireland) (1976.04.01 – 1980.08.23); next succeeded as Bishop of Cork and Ross (1980.08.23 – death 1996.10.07) * Leoncio Leviste Lat (1980.10.30 – death 2002.11.06) first as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Malolos The Diocese of Malolos (Latin language, Latin: ''Dioecesis Malolosinae''; Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Diyosesis ng Malolos''; Spanish: ''Diócesis de Malolos'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church i ...
(
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) (1980.10.30 – 1985), then as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(Philippines) (1985 – retired 1992.12.12), finally as emeritus * ''Titular Archbishop:
Angelo Amato Angelo Amato, Salesians of Don Bosco, S.D.B. (8 June 1938 – 31 December 2024) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints between 2008 and 20 ...
,
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(S.D.B.) (2002.12.19 – 2010.11.20) as
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official : Secretary of
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(2002.12.19 – 2008.07.09), Prefect of Roman Congregation for the Causes of Saints (2008.07.09 – ...); previously
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of
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(1991.10.01 – 1991.12.02), Prelate-Secretary of
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(1999 – 2002.12.19); later created
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of S. Maria in Aquiro (2010.11.20 011.02.11– ...)'' * ''Titular Archbishop: Savio Hon Tai-Fai (韓大輝), S.D.B. (born Hong Kong) (2010.12.23 – ...) as Secretary of
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(2010.12.23 – ...), Vice-Grand Chancellor of
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(2010.12.23 – ...),
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''sede plena'' of Archdiocese of Agaña (
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, US overseas territory) (2016.06.06 – ...).''


See also

* List of Catholic dioceses in Algeria


Sources

* Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 468 * Stefano Antonio Morcelli, ''Africa christiana'', Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 280
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External links


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