Titular diocese of Nova
Nova is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged bishopric in the ancient city of the same name, which was in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (today northern Tunisia ). The bishopric was assigned to the ecclesiastical province of Carthage .
| Titular Bishops of Nova | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Prelate of Tunis Prelate emeritus of Tunis ( Tunisia ) Apostolic Delegate to Iraq |
July 9, 1964 | January 9, 1965 |
| 2 | Francis John Spence | Auxiliary Bishop of the Canadian Military Vicariate ( Canada ) | April 1, 1967 | 17th August 1970 |
| 3 | Johannes Kleineidam | Auxiliary Bishop in Berlin ( Germany ) | September 12, 1970 | June 2nd 1981 |
| 4th | Lajos Bálint | Auxiliary Bishop in Alba Iulia ( Romania ) | July 9, 1981 | May 14, 1990 |
| 5 | Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez | Auxiliary Bishop in Caracas ( Venezuela ) | April 4, 1990 | 2nd December 1995 |
| 6th |
Luigi de Magistris
since November 22, 2001 titular archbishop pro hac vice |
Curia Bishop | March 6, 1996 | February 14, 2015 |
| 7th | Juan Carlos Cardenas Toro | Auxiliary Bishop in Cali ( Colombia ) | June 26, 2015 | |