Titular diocese of Altava
Altava is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of Altava in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis .
Titular Bishops of Altava | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Ambrose Kelly CSSp | Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone ( British West Africa ) | May 18, 1937 | April 18, 1950 |
2 | José Varani | Coadjutor Bishop of Jaboticabal ( Brazil ) | August 27, 1950 | February 7, 1961 |
3 | Albert Malbois | Auxiliary Bishop in Versailles ( France ) | March 9, 1961 | October 9, 1966 |
4th | Alfred Bertram Leverman | Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick ( Canada ) | 7th September 1968 | November 23, 1970 |
5 | Pedro Casaldáliga CMF | Prelate of São Félix (Brazil) | August 27, 1971 | May 26, 1978 |
6th | Adam Dyczkowski | Auxiliary Bishop in Wroclaw Auxiliary Bishop in Legnica ( Poland ) |
September 19, 1978 | 17th July 1993 |
7th | Reinaldo del Prette Lissot | Auxiliary Bishop in Valencia en Venezuela ( Venezuela ) | December 24, 1993 | April 24, 1997 |
8th | Émile Destombes MEP | Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh ( Cambodia ) | April 14, 1997 | January 28, 2016 |
9 | José Albuquerque de Araújo | Auxiliary Bishop in Manaus (Brazil) | March 16, 2016 |