Titular diocese Nova Sparsa
Nova Sparsa ( Italian : Novasparsa ) 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 Nova Sparsa | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerome Arthur Pechillo TOR | 1965–1976 prelate of Coronel Oviedo , 1976–1991 auxiliary bishop in Newark ( Paraguay / USA ) | October 20, 1965 | January 1, 1991 |
| 2 | John Patrick Boles | Auxiliary Bishop in Boston (USA) | April 14, 1992 | October 9, 2014 |
| 3 | Ernesto José Romero Rivas OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita ( Venezuela ) | April 7, 2015 | |