Titular diocese of Azura
Azura is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
The city, located in North Africa , was an old Roman bishopric that went down in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion . It was in the Roman province of Numidia .
Titular Bishops of Azura | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Afonso Maria Ungarelli MSC | Prelate of Pinheiro ( Brazil ) | November 13, 1948 | May 23, 1988 |
2 | Edward Dajczak | Auxiliary Bishop in Gorzów ( Poland ) | December 15, 1989 | June 23, 2007 |
3 | António José da Rocha Couto SMP | Auxiliary Bishop in Braga ( Portugal ) | July 6, 2007 | November 19, 2011 |
4th | Gaétan Proulx OSM | Auxiliary Bishop in Québec ( Canada ) | December 12, 2011 | 2nd July 2016 |
5 | Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo | Auxiliary Bishop in Denver ( USA ) | August 25, 2016 |