Titular bishopric Bennefa
Bennefa is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an ancient bishopric in the city of the same name, the Roman province of Byzacena or Africa proconsularis in the Sahel region of Tunisia .
| Titular Bishops of Bennefa | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prosper Dodds CSSp | Apostolic Vicar of Ziguinchor ( French West Africa / Mali Federation ) | July 10, 1952 | September 14, 1955 |
| 2 | Louis Van Steene MAfr | Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar, Apostolic Vicar of Bukavu ( Belgian Congo ) | November 7, 1955 | November 10, 1959 |
| 3 | Virgil Patrick Copas MSC | Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby ( Papua and New Guinea ) | December 19, 1959 | November 15, 1966 |
| 4th | Carlo Fanton | Auxiliary Bishop in Vicenza ( Italy ) | 7th January 1967 | November 13, 1976 |
| 5 | Luis Enrique Orellana Ricaurte SJ | Auxiliary Bishop in Guayaquil Auxiliary Bishop in Quito ( Ecuador ) |
January 26, 1978 | December 16, 1997 |
| 6th | Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez | Auxiliary Bishop in Medellín ( Colombia ) | January 28, 1998 | 20th October 2019 |
| 7th | Héctor Mario Pérez Villareal | Auxiliary Bishop in Mexico ( Mexico ) | January 25, 2020 | |