Titular diocese of Sufes

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Sufes is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of the same name in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis or in late antiquity Byzacena in the Sahel region of today's Tunisia in the province of Kasserine .

Titular Bishops of Sufes
No. Surname Office from to
1 Irenaeus Hayasaka Apostolic Administrator of Taiku ( Korea ) November 10, 1942 January 6, 1946
2 Charles Joseph van Melckebeke CICM Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia ( Republic of China ) March 14, 1946 April 11, 1946
3 Charles Maria Cavallera IMC (Carlo Maria Cavallera) Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri ( Kenya ) June 19, 1947 March 25, 1953
4th Paul Dumouchel OMI Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin ( Canada ) February 25, 1955 July 13, 1967
5 Jean-François Motte OFM Auxiliary Bishop in Cambrai ( France ) March 16, 1968 January 19, 2001
6th Richard Gerard Lennon Auxiliary Bishop in Boston ( USA ) June 29, 2001 April 4, 2006
7th Daniel Fernández Torres Auxiliary Bishop in San Juan de Puerto Rico ( Puerto Rico ) February 14, 2007 September 24, 2010
8th Edward Matthew Rice Auxiliary Bishop in Saint Louis (USA) December 1, 2010 April 26, 2016
9 Edward M. Deliman Auxiliary Bishop in Philadelphia (USA) May 31, 2016

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