Titular diocese of Assuras
Assuras ( Italian : Assura ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Zeugitana or Africa proconsularis in what is now northern Tunisia . The diocese belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Carthage .
| Titular Bishops of Assuras | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petrus Gioeni | December 2, 1743 | December 13, 1761 | |
| 2 |
Giovanni Domenico di Santa Chiara OCD (Michele Antonio Chiavassa) |
Vicar Apostolic of Idalcan, Golcondae and Great Mughal ( India ) | June 15, 1756 | January 26, 1772 |
| 3 | Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben | Auxiliary Bishop in Worms ( Germany ) | April 22, 1765 | November 19, 1779 |
| 4th | Sébastien-Charles-Philibert de Roger de Cahuzac de Caux | Coadjutor Bishop of Aire ( France ) | September 18, 1780 | October 26, 1783 |
| 5 | Blow Joaquín Alvarez Palma | Auxiliary Bishop in Sigüenza ( Spain ) | April 17, 1798 | July 20, 1801 |
| 6th | Benito María de Moxó y Francolí OSB | Auxiliary Bishop in Michoacan ( Mexico ) | June 20, 1803 | June 26, 1805 |
| 7th | Hubert Otto CICM | Vicar Apostolic of Kansu ( China ) | June 20, 1890 | February 25, 1938 |
| 8th | Alphonse Charles Kirmann SMA | Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra ( Ivory Coast ) | April 9, 1940 | March 25, 1955 |
| 9 |
Ernest Victor Tweedy Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart ( Australia ) | 20th September 1955 | September 27, 1965 |
| 10 |
Augustin-Joseph Sépinski OFM Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Nuncio |
October 2, 1965 | December 31, 1978 |
| 11 | Reginald Joseph Orsmond | Auxiliary Bishop in Johannesburg ( South Africa ) | January 27, 1983 | 2nd July 1984 |
| 12 | František Vaňák | Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc ( Czech Republic ) | July 26, 1989 | December 21, 1989 |
| 13 | Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico ( Ecuador ) | January 22, 1990 | |