Titular diocese Lemellefa
Lemellefa 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 Lemellefa | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juvenal Roriz CSsR | Prelate of Rubiataba ( Brazil ) | 15th August 1967 | May 5th 1978 |
| 2 | Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva |
Auxiliary Bishop in Braga Auxiliary Bishop in Lisbon ( Portugal ) |
April 30, 1979 | May 7, 1987 |
| 3 | Manuel Pelino Domingues | Auxiliary Bishop in Porto (Portugal) | December 19, 1987 | January 27, 1998 |
| 4th | Ernesto Vecchi | Auxiliary Bishop in Bologna ( Italy ) | July 18, 1998 | |