Titular diocese of Ierafi

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Ierafi ( Italian : Gerafi ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to a bishop's seat in the ancient city of the same name, which was in late antiquity in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis (now northern Algeria ). At the latest in the course of the Islamic expansion , the bishopric went under.

Titular Bishops of Ierafi
No. Surname Office from to
1 Jean Baptiste Dieter SM Vicar Apostolic of the Schiffer Islands ( Samoa ) November 16, 1953 June 28, 1955
2 João Crisóstomo Gomes de Almeida Auxiliary Bishop in Viseu ( Portugal ) February 18, 1956 January 18, 1996
3 Vincenzo Apicella Auxiliary Bishop in Rome ( Italy ) July 19, 1996 January 28, 2006
4th Franz Scharl Auxiliary Bishop in Vienna ( Austria ) February 9, 2006

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