Titular diocese of Avissa
Avissa is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged bishopric in the ancient city of the same name Avissa , which was in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (today northern Tunisia ). The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Carthage .
| Titular Bishops of Avissa | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Billington MHM | Vicar Apostolic of Kampala ( Uganda ) | May 13, 1948 | March 25, 1953 |
| 2 | Alfonso Tóriz Cobián | Coadjutor Bishop of Chilapa ( Mexico ) | August 24, 1954 | January 12, 1956 |
| 3 | Geraldo María de Morais Penido | Auxiliary Bishop in Belo Horizonte ( Brazil ) | March 10, 1956 | June 9, 1958 |
| 4th | Jaime Antônio Schuck OFM | Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) | November 25, 1958 | May 26, 1978 |
| 5 | Miloslaw-Jan Kolodziejczyk | Auxiliary Bishop in Częstochowa ( Poland ) | 5th December 1978 | March 3, 1994 |
| 6th | Piotr Jarecki | Auxiliary Bishop in Warsaw (Poland) | April 16, 1994 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry in catholic-hierarchy.org (English)