Octava was a city and bishopric in Numidia. It is a Roman Catholic titular see.

History

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Giru Marcelli, located in present Algeria, was among the many town in the Roman province of Numidia which were important enough to become a suffragan diocese in the papal sway, but faded completely during the 6th century advent of Islam.

Its only historically documented bishops were :

Titular see

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The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Titular bishopric of Octava (Latin) / Ottava (Curiate Italian) / Octaven(sis) (Latin) (Latin adjective).

It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with archiepiscopal exceptions :

See also

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Bibliography
  • Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 467
  • Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 249