Titular diocese of Altava

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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
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

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