The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin: Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church, in today's Tunisia.[1][2][3][4] It is an ancient episcopal seat of the Late Roman province of Byzacena.

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

The only known bishop of this African diocese was John,[3] who participated in the anti-monotheistic council of Carthage (641).[4]

Today Mibiarca survives as a titular diocese established in 1933. Its initial bishop was Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, the Prelate of Choluteca in Honduras, who was appointed in 1966. The current titular bishop is Thomas Padiyath, who was appointed in 2022[1][2] and who is an auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad in India.[5]

List of Catholic titular bishops of Mibiarca[1][2]
Name Sui iuris church Appointed Concomitant appointment Term end Notes
Marcelo Gérin y Boulay Latin Church 30 Dec 1966 Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras[6] 29 Aug 1979 Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca
Emilio Ogñénovich Latin Church 1 Oct 1979 Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina[7] 8 Jun 1982 Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
José Oscar Barahona Castillo Latin Church 16 Jul 1982 Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador[8] 6 Jun 1983 Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente
Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey Latin Church 3 Nov 1983 Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia[9] 27 Jul 2022 Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
Thomas Padiyath Syro-Malabar Church 25 Aug 2022 Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, India[5] present incumbent

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mibiarca (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Titular Episcopal See of Mibiarca". GCatholic. Gabriel Chow. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Gams, Pius Bonifacius (1931). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae [A series of bishops of the Catholic Church (machine translation)] (in Latin). Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann. p. 467.
  4. ^ a b Morcelli, Stefano Antonio (1816). Africa christiana : in tres partes tributa [Christian Africa: Divided in Three Parts] (in Latin). Vol. I. Brescia: Brixiae : Ex Officina Bettoniana. p. 225.
  5. ^ a b "Bishop Thomas Padiyath". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Bishop Marcelo Gérin y Boulay". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Archbishop Emilio Ogñénovich". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Bishop Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.