Titular diocese of Bilta
Bilta is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged bishopric in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis . The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Carthage .
| Titular Bishops of Bilta | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador Montes de Oca | Bishop emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela ( Venezuela ) | December 22, 1934 | 1940 |
| 2 | Joseph Moran Corrigan | President of the Catholic University of America ( USA ) | February 3, 1940 | June 9, 1942 |
| 3 | Manuel Hurtado y García | Auxiliary Bishop in Granada ( Spain ) | January 13, 1943 | April 24, 1947 |
| 4th | Knut Ansgar Nelson OSB | Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar / Coadjutor Bishop of Sweden ( Sweden ) | August 11, 1947 | October 1, 1957 |
| 5 |
Vittore Ugo Righi Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio and Archbishop of the Curia | October 14, 1961 | April 28, 1980 |
| 6th | Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola | Auxiliary Bishop in São Luís de Montes Belos ( Brazil ) | 20th December 1980 | October 12, 1985 |
| 7th | Severino M. Pelayo | Bishop of the Philippine Military Ordinary ( Philippines ) | December 19, 1985 | February 26, 1995 |
| 8th | Juan Barros Madrid | Auxiliary Bishop in Valparaíso ( Chile ) | April 12, 1995 | November 21, 2000 |
| 9 | Salvatore Di Cristina | Auxiliary Bishop in Palermo ( Italy ) | December 23, 2000 | December 2, 2006 |
| 10 | Emigdio Duarte Figueroa | Auxiliary Bishop in Culiacan ( Mexico ) | January 15, 2007 | |