Titular diocese of Bisica
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 |
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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 |