Titular diocese of Dura
Dura is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese in the late ancient Roman province of Byzacena in the Sahel region of today's Tunisia .
| Titular Bishops of Dura | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco de São Luiz Saraiva OSB (Manoel Justiniano Saraiva) | Bishop emeritus of Coimbra ( Portugal ) | April 30, 1824 | 1840 |
| 2 | René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin OFM | Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar, Apostolic Vicar of Suez Canal / Port Said ( Egypt ) | May 26, 1949 | December 21, 1958 |
| 3 | Knut Ansgar Nelson OSB | Bishop emeritus of Stockholm ( Sweden ) | July 2nd, 1962 | March 31, 1990 |
| 4th | Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki OFM Conv | Auxiliary Bishop in Lviv ( Ukraine ) | January 16, 1991 | November 23, 1995 |
| 5 | Aloysius Paul D'Souza | Auxiliary Bishop in Mangalore ( India ) | January 11, 1996 | November 8, 1996 |
| 6th | Anthony Giroux Meagher | Auxiliary Bishop in Toronto ( Canada ) | April 30, 1997 | April 27, 2002 |
| 7th | Rafael Martínez Sáinz | Auxiliary Bishop in Guadalajara ( Mexico ) | June 19, 2002 | November 6, 2016 |
| 8th | Allwyn D'Silva | Auxiliary Bishop in Bombay (India) | 20th December 2016 | |
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)