Titular diocese of Ruspae
The diocese of Ruspae ( Italian diocesi di Ruspe , Latin Dioecesis Ruspensis ) is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Ruspe (today Henchir-Sbia) in the Roman province Africa proconsularis or Byzacena in the Sahel region of today's Tunisia .
Bishops of Ruspae
- Secundus (mentioned 411)
- Stephen (mentioned 484)
- Fulgentius von Ruspe († 533 in Ruspe)
- Felicianus (mentioned in 534)
- Julianus (mentioned 646)
Titular Bishops of Ruspae
| Titular Bishops of Ruspae | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincenzo de Via | Coadjutor Bishop of Tinos ( Greece ) | December 19, 1757 | |
| 2 | Manuel Obellar OP | Vicar Apostolic of East Tonking ( Vietnam ) | January 29, 1778 | September 7, 1789 |
| 3 | Gregorius de Varess OFM | September 30, 1796 | ||
| 4th | Edward Bede Slater OSB | Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope ( South Africa ) | June 18, 1818 | July 15, 1832 |
| 5 | Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros OP | Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of East Tonking (Vietnam) Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of Manila ( Philippines ) |
August 2, 1839 | January 19, 1846 |
| 6th | Spiridion-Salvatore-Costantino Buhadgiar | Vicar Apostolic of Tunis ( Tunisia ) Apostolic Administrator of Malta ( Malta ) Apostolic Delegate |
August 8, 1884 | August 10, 1891 |
| 7th | Spiridion Poloméni | Auxiliary Bishop in Carthage (Tunisia) | February 27, 1892 | September 12, 1930 |
| 8th | Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais | Auxiliary Bishop in Saint-Hyacinthe ( Canada ) | January 30, 1931 | June 22, 1939 |
| 9 | Thomas Tien Ken-sin SVD | Vicar Apostolic of Yangku Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao ( Republic of China ) |
July 11, 1939 | February 18, 1946 |
| 10 | Joseph Carroll McCormick | Auxiliary Bishop in Philadelphia ( USA ) | January 11, 1947 | June 25, 1960 |
| 11 | David Monas Maloney | Auxiliary Bishop in Denver (USA) | 5th November 1960 | 2nd December 1967 |
| 12 | Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila | Bishop emeritus of La Rioja ( Argentina ) | 3rd July 1968 | 15th September 1974 |
| 13 | Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro SDS | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho ( Venezuela ) | 5th October 1974 | November 15, 1998 |
| 14th | Vlado Košić | Auxiliary Bishop in Zagreb ( Croatia ) | December 29, 1998 | December 5, 2009 |
| 15th | Rafael Biernaski | Auxiliary Bishop in Curitiba ( Brazil ) | February 10, 2010 | June 24, 2015 |
| 16 | Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida | Auxiliary Bishop in Braga ( Portugal ) | November 21, 2015 | |