Titular diocese of Fussala
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 |
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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
- ^ Letters of St. Augustine [1] .
- ↑ 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. .