Titular Diocese of Lamphua
Lamphua ( Italian : Lamfua ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
The city, located in North Africa , was an old Roman bishopric that went down in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion . It was in the Roman province of Numidia .
Titular Bishops of Lamphua | ||||
No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
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1 | Luigi Cicuttini | Bishop emeritus of Città di Castello ( Italy ) | September 7, 1966 | 5th January 1971 |
2 | Philip Francis Smith OMI | Vicar Apostolic of Jolo ( Philippines ) | June 26, 1972 | April 11, 1979 |
3 | Sofio Guinto Balce | Auxiliary Bishop in Caceres (Philippines) | May 9, 1980 | May 21, 1988 |
4th | Georgi Ivanov Jovchev | Apostolic Administrator of Sofia and Plovdiv ( Bulgaria ) | July 6, 1988 | November 13, 1995 |
5 | Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues CSsR | Auxiliary Bishop in Manaus ( Brazil ) | December 18, 1996 | March 16, 1998 |
6th | Philip Huang Chao-ming | Auxiliary Bishop in Kaohsiung ( Republic of China ) | June 27, 1998 | November 19, 2001 |
7th | Francisco González Valer SF | Auxiliary Bishop in Washington ( USA ) | December 28, 2001 |
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)