Titular diocese of Cercina
Cercina is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
The ancient and lost bishopric was located in the Roman province of Africa near Byzacena on what is now the Kerkenna Islands of Tunisia. Two smaller provinces, Byzacena and Tripolitania , were separated from the large province of Africa by the Roman Emperor Diocletian as part of his administrative reforms at the end of the 3rd century AD .
| Titular Bishops of Cercina | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée SJ | July 2, 1928-13. May 1931 Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Nanking , May 13, 1931-13. December 1933 Vicar Apostolic of Nanking , December 13, 1933–11. April 1946 Vicar Apostolic of Shanghai ( Republic of China ) | July 2, 1928 | April 11, 1946 |
| 2 | John Joseph McCarthy CSSp | Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar ( Kenya ) | July 11, 1946 | March 25, 1953 |
| 3 | Emilio Benavent Escuín | Auxiliary Bishop in Málaga ( Spain ) | December 6, 1954 | April 7, 1967 |
| 4th |
Amelio Poggi Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio | May 27, 1967 | 23rd December 1974 |
| 5 | António Baltasar Marcelino | Auxiliary Bishop in Lisbon ( Portugal ) | 15th July 1975 | September 8, 1983 |
| 6th | Fernando Charrier | Auxiliary Bishop in Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino ( Italy ) | September 29, 1984 | April 22, 1989 |
| 7th | Marin Srakić | Auxiliary Bishop in Đakovo and Syrmia ( Croatia ) | February 2, 1990 | February 10, 1996 |
| 8th |
Silvano Maria Tomasi CS Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio | June 27, 1996 | April 24, 1999 |
| 9 |
Angelo Mottola Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio | July 16, 1999 | October 8, 2014 |
| 10 | Juan Carlos Ares | Auxiliary Bishop in Buenos Aires | 17th November 2014 | |