Titular diocese of Alba

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Alba is a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .

The city, located in North Africa , was an old Roman bishopric that went down in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion . It was in the Roman province of Numidia .

Titular Bishops of Alba
No. Surname Office from to
1 Johannes Petrus Verhorst Auxiliary Bishop in Trier ( Kurtrier ) November 24, 1687 July 12, 1708
2 Pawel Antoni Załuski Auxiliary Bishop in Płock ( Poland-Lithuania ) 1711
3 Eric Francis MacKenzie Auxiliary Bishop in Boston ( USA ) July 11, 1950 20th August 1969
4th André-Jacques Fougerat Bishop emeritus of Grenoble ( France ) 19th September 1969 October 30, 1983
5 José Joaquín Matte Varas Military Bishop of Chilean Military Ordinariates ( Chile ) November 26, 1983 March 7, 1998
6th José Sótero Valero Ruz Auxiliary Bishop in Valencia en Venezuela ( Venezuela ) May 9, 1998 March 19, 2001
7th Sérgio da Rocha Auxiliary Bishop in Fortaleza ( Brazil ) June 13, 2001 January 31, 2007
8th Vito Rallo
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Apostolic Nuncio in Burkina Faso and Niger June 12, 2007

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