Titular diocese of Thelepte
Thelepte ( Italian : Telept ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishop's seat in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Byzacena ( Sahel region of Tunisia ).
| Titular Bishops of Thelepte | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe Barlotta y Ferro | August 11, 1726 | May 11, 1764 | |
| 2 | Simon Petrus a Santa Catharina | September 20, 1779 | ||
| 3 | Johann Baptist von Anzer SVD | Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung ( China ) | January 4, 1886 | November 24, 1903 |
| 4th | Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert CSSp | Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia and Prefect of Senegal | February 13, 1909 | January 12, 1920 |
| 5 | Louis-Marie Raucaz SM | Vicar Apostolic of the Solomon Islands | July 13, 1920 | July 22, 1934 |
| 6th | Juan Antonio de la Fuente | Bishop emeritus of Teruel y Albarracín ( Spain ) | November 3, 1934 | January 21, 1936 |
| 7th | Paul Joseph Biéchy CSSp | Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville ( Republic of the Congo ) | January 27, 1936 | July 8, 1960 |
| 8th | Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset | Coadjutor Bishop of Nice ( France ) | 5th August 1962 | April 24, 1963 |
| 9 | José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza | Auxiliary Bishop in Morelia ( Mexico ) | May 21, 1963 | April 1, 1965 |
| 10 | Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão | Auxiliary Bishop in Lisbon ( Portugal ) | December 6, 1966 | September 8, 1980 |
| 11 | Paulo Lopes de Faria | Auxiliary Bishop in Niterói ( Brazil ) | November 7, 1980 | December 16, 1983 |
| 12 | Geraldo Lyrio Rocha | Auxiliary Bishop in Vitória (Brazil) | March 14, 1984 | April 23, 1990 |
| 13 | Jean-Louis Tauran | Curia Archbishop | December 1, 1990 | October 21, 2003 |
| 14th |
Velasio De Paolis CS Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Curia Archbishop | December 30, 2003 | November 20, 2010 |
| 15th |
Edgar Peña Parra Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio , Archbishop of the Curia since 2018 | January 8, 2011 | |