Titular diocese of Floriana
Coordinates: 35 ° 56 '13.7 " N , 2 ° 25' 14.3" E
Floriana is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a lost bishopric in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis (today northern Algeria ).
The ancient ruins in what is now the northern Algerian province of Ain Defla have been partially excavated. From this historic site, a well-recognizable Roman road leads north to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and south to the former oppidum Novum near Derrag.
| Titular Bishops of Floriana | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Peter McManaman | Auxiliary Bishop in Erie ( USA ) | July 24, 1948 | July 18, 1964 |
| 2 | Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin | Auxiliary Bishop in Lyon ( France ) | November 15, 1964 | 19th September 1969 |
| 3 | Bernardo Citterio | Auxiliary Bishop in Milan ( Italy ) | 4th November 1969 | November 13, 2002 |
| 4th | Pierre-André Dumas | Auxiliary Bishop in Port-au-Prince ( Haiti ) | December 10, 2002 | July 13, 2008 |
| 5 | Timothy Christian Sr. | Auxiliary Bishop in Philadelphia (USA) | June 8, 2009 | |
See also
Web links
- Floriana and Oppidum Novum (Flora and Oppidum) ... in the TOPOGRAPHIA ANTIQVA project Ptolomäus (Book IV, Chapter 2) Location of Mauritania Caesariensis (from the First Map of Libya)
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)