Numida was an ancient Roman town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was located in modern northern Algeria.

Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

The town was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, of which very little is known.[1] That Diocese survives today as a titular bishopric.

The location of the classical antiquity has been lost since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb,[2] and all that remains is the titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church that was once centered in that town.[3][4]

Bishopric

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Today Numida survives as a titular bishopric[5][6] and the current archbishop, personal title, is Giovanni Battista.

Known bishops of the diocese include

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  2. ^ Numida at gcatholic.org
  3. ^ "Titulare N". www.apostolische-nachfolge.de. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ^ Cheney, David M. "Numida (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  6. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 247