Titular diocese of Bure

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Bure 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 (today northern Tunisia ). The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Carthage .

Titular Bishops of Bure
No. Surname Office from to
1 Jacques Teerenstra CSSp Auxiliary Bishop in Doumé
Vicar Apostolic of Doumé ( Cameroon )
March 16, 1949 September 14, 1955
2 Stephen Aloysius Leven Auxiliary Bishop in San Antonio ( USA ) 3rd December 1955 20th October 1969
3 Secundo Tagliabue Bishop emeritus of Anglona-Tursi ( Italy ) 22nd August 1970 January 6, 1976
4th Dominic Anthony Marconi Auxiliary Bishop in Newark (USA) May 3, 1976

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