Titular diocese of Assava
Assava is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and is now a titular bishopric.
It goes back to a bishop's seat in the ancient city of the same name, which was in late antiquity in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis (now northern Algeria ). At the latest in the course of the Islamic expansion , the bishopric went under.
| Titular Bishops of Assava | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred-Jean Guyomard OMI | Bishop emeritus of Jaffna ( Sri Lanka ) | July 22, 1950 | February 27, 1956 |
| 2 | Ramon J. Lizardi | Auxiliary Bishop in Caracas ( Venezuela ) | May 25, 1956 | July 30, 1972 |
| 3 | Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes | Auxiliary Bishop in Texcoco ( Mexico ) | December 23, 1972 | April 18, 1978 |
| 4th | Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano | Auxiliary Bishop in Lima ( Peru ) | June 1, 1978 | May 29, 2001 |
| 5 | Jonás Guerrero Corona | Auxiliary Bishop in Mexico (Mexico) | June 27, 2001 | March 18, 2011 |
| 6th |
José Aparecido Hergesse CR ( resigned before episcopal ordination ) |
Auxiliary Bishop in Vitória ( Brazil ) | May 4, 2011 | June 10, 2011 |
| 7th | Piotr Greger | Auxiliary Bishop in Bielsko-Żywiec ( Poland ) | October 22, 2011 | |