Titular diocese of Bisica

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Bisica 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 Bisica
No. Surname Office from to
1 Manuel Borras Ferré Auxiliary Bishop in Tarragona ( Spain ) April 19, 1934 August 12, 1936
2 Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng SJ (Francis Xavier Chao Cheng-sheng) Vicar Apostolic of Xianxian ( Republic of China ) December 2, 1937 - April 11, 1946
3 Francisco Prada Carrera CMF Prelate of São José do Alto Tocantins ( Brazil ) September 3, 1946 17th January 1957
4th Walter William Curtis Auxiliary Bishop in Newark ( USA ) June 27, 1957 September 23, 1961
5 Francis Edward Hyland Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta (USA) October 11, 1961 January 31, 1968
6th Jayme Henrique Chemello Auxiliary Bishop in Pelotas (Brazil) February 11, 1969 September 1, 1977
7th Gustavo Girón Higuita OCD Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco ( Colombia ) February 8, 1990 October 29, 1999
8th Jan Franciszek Wątroba Auxiliary Bishop in Częstochowa ( Poland ) April 20, 2000 14th of June 2013
9 Andrew Cozzens Auxiliary Bishop in Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) October 11, 2013

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