Titular Maturba
Maturba is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a former bishopric in the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis in the north of Algeria .
| Titular Bishops of Maturba | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphonse Streit MAfr | Bishop Emeritus of Mariannhill ( South Africa ) | May 21, 1970 | June 22, 1970 |
| 2 | Silas Silvius Njiru | Auxiliary Bishop in Meru ( Kenya ) | 2nd October 1975 | December 9, 1976 |
| 3 | Luis Gabriel Romero Franco | Auxiliary Bishop in Bogota ( Colombia ) | May 6, 1977 | April 15, 1986 |
| 4th | Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano | Auxiliary Bishop in Managua ( Nicaragua ) | February 13, 1988 | November 2, 1991 |
| 5 | Luiz Antônio Guedes | Auxiliary Bishop in Campinas ( Brazil ) | January 29, 1997 | October 24, 2001 |
| 6th | Francis Daw Tang | Auxiliary Bishop in Myitkyina ( Myanmar ) | June 5, 2002 | December 3, 2004 |
| 7th | José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León IMC | Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma (South Africa) | November 24, 2008 | November 29, 2013 |
| 8th | Paul Simick | Vicar Apostolic of Nepal | April 25, 2014 | |