Titular Bishopric of Gummi in Byzacena

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gummi in Byzacena ( Italian : Gummi di Bizacena ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Byzacena (today the Sahel region of Tunisia ). Presumably it is Henchir-El-Senem or Henchir-Gelama .

Titular Bishops of Foratiana
No. Surname Office from to
1 Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff CSSp
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Archbishop emeritus of Diégo-Suarez ( Madagascar ) April 13, 1967 May 24, 1971
2 Newton Holanda Gurgel Auxiliary Bishop in Crato ( Brazil ) April 10, 1979 November 24, 1993
3 José Clemente Weber Auxiliary Bishop in Porto Alegre (Brazil) March 23, 1994 June 15, 2004
4th Josafá Menezes da Silva Auxiliary Bishop in São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) January 12, 2005 December 15, 2010
5 Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga Auxiliary Bishop in Puebla ( Mexico ) February 24, 2011 February 23, 2013
6th Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long PSS Auxiliary Bishop in Hung Hoá ( Vietnam ) June 15, 2013 December 21, 2018
7th Alexandre Yikyi Bazié Auxiliary Bishop in Koudougou ( Burkina Faso ) March 25, 2019

supporting documents

  1. https://www.romanports.org/de/die-hafen/258-gummi.html names two different places called Gummi in Tunisia, one of them Bordj Cedria ( Gummi in Proconsulari ), the other, Gummi in Africa Byzacena , either today's Henchir-El-Senem or Henchir-Gelama

See also

Web links