Titular diocese of Luperciana
Luperciana is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged bishopric in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (today northern Tunisia ). The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Carthage .
| Titular Bishops of Luperciana | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Legarra Tellechea OAR | Prelate of Bocas del Toro ( Panama ) | March 18, 1965 | 3rd April 1969 |
| 2 | Albert Vincent D'Souza | Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta ( India ) | May 29, 1969 | January 11, 1971 |
| 3 | Thomas Nkuissi | Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba ( Cameroon ) | January 29, 1973 | November 15, 1978 |
| 4th | Zithulele Patrick Mvemve | Auxiliary Bishop in Johannesburg ( South Africa ) | March 10, 1986 | March 26, 1994 |
| 5 | Leonardus Dobbelaar CM | Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte ( Ethiopia ) | June 10, 1994 | March 21, 2008 |
| 6th | João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador | Auxiliary Bishop in Porto ( Portugal ) | May 7, 2008 | 29th September 2015 |
| 7th | Miguel Ayuso Guixot MCCJ | Curia Bishop | January 29, 2016 | 5th October 2019 |
| 8th | Michael Saporito | Auxiliary Bishop in Newark | February 27, 2020 | |