Titular diocese of Thuburnica
The Diocese of Thuburnica ( Italian : diocesi di Tuburnica , Latin : Dioecesis Thuburnicensis ) is a titular diocese 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 Thuburnica | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attilio Beltramino IMC | Vicar Apostolic of Iringa ( Tanganyika ) | January 8, 1948 | March 25, 1953 |
| 2 | Cyprien-Louis-Pierre-Clément Tourel | Auxiliary Bishop in Montpellier ( France ) | 4th February 1955 | February 24, 1958 |
| 3 | Heinrich Tenhumberg | Auxiliary Bishop in Münster ( Germany ) | May 28, 1958 | 7th July 1969 |
| 4th | Barthélémy Malunga | Auxiliary Bishop in Kamina ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) | July 24, 1969 | March 11, 1971 |
| 5 | Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi | Auxiliary Bishop in Sarh ( Chad ) | October 28, 1985 | March 7, 1987 |
| 6th |
José Saraiva Martins CMF Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education | May 26, 1988 | February 21, 2001 |
| 7th | Christopher Cardone OP | Auxiliary Bishop in Gizo ( Solomon Islands ) | March 27, 2001 | October 19, 2004 |
| 8th | José Leopoldo González González | Auxiliary Bishop in Guadalajara ( Mexico ) | November 15, 2005 | 19th March 2015 |
| 9 | Rolf Steinhäuser | Auxiliary Bishop in Cologne ( Germany ) | December 11, 2015 | |