Titular diocese of Fussala

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Fussala is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

The ancient town of Fussala is located in the historic Numidia landscape on the border between Tunisia and Algeria . The small town is already mentioned in the letters of St. Augustine of Hippo (one of the church fathers ) because it belonged to the large parish of Hippo . Augustine traveled to Fussala in late 411 to establish a diocese, and in 422 he traveled to Fussala to settle disputes with Bishop Antonius.

Titular Bishops of Fussala
No. Surname Office from to
1 Joseph Signay
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Coadjutor Archbishop of Québec ( Canada ) December 15, 1826 February 14, 1833
2 Joseph Martial Mouly CM Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia ( China )
Apostolic Administrator of Beijing (China)
Vicar Apostolic of North Chi-Li (China)
August 23, 1840 December 4, 1868
3 Paul Marie Reynaud CM Vicar Apostolic of Chekiang (China) March 7, 1884 February 23, 1926
4th Theodore Labrador Fraile OP Vicar Apostolic of Funing ( Republic of China ) May 18, 1926 April 11, 1946
5 Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego OFM Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Morocco February 6, 1947 November 14, 1956
6th John A. Choi Jae-seon Vicar Apostolic of Pusan ( South Korea ) January 26, 1957 March 10, 1962
7th José Lamartine Soares Auxiliary Bishop in Olinda e Recife ( Brazil ) November 16, 1962 April 2, 1985
8th Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu CM Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte ( Ethiopia ) October 28, 1985 March 8, 1995
9 Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger Auxiliary Bishop in Hildesheim ( Germany ) since June 19, 1995

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Letters of St. Augustine [1] .
  2. The historically secured journeys of Augustine's archived copy ( memento of the original from December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.augustinus.de

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