Titular Bubastis

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Bubastis ( Italian : Bubasti ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

The historical diocese was in the Roman province of Aegyptus and in late antiquity Aegyptus Herculea and Augustamnica in the eastern Nile delta . It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Leontopolis .

In late Roman times ( Roman Late Antiquity / Byzantine Empire ), Bubastis was the seat of a Christian bishop and was united with the diocese of Khandek in the Middle Ages .

Titular Bishops of Bubastis
No. Surname Office from to
1 Augustin Duret SMA Apostolic Vicar for the Nile Delta ( Egypt ) 17th September 1909 August 29, 1920
2 Ludwig Maria Hugo Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz ( Germany ) March 7, 1921 April 15, 1921
3 Augustin Hermann SMA Apostolic Vicar for the Volta Region ( Ghana ) March 26, 1923 April 8, 1945
4th Joseph Blomjous MAfr Vicar Apostolic of Musoma-Mwanza ( Tanzania ) April 11, 1946 March 25, 1953
5 Camillo Faresin SDS Prelate of the Araguaia Region ( Brazil ) August 13, 1954 May 26, 1978

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