Titular diocese of Ierafi
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 |
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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 |