Titular diocese of Tigava
Tigava is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and had its bishopric in the ancient city of Tigava . This was located in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis , in today's Algeria , and bears the name El Kherba . In 297 the martyr Typasius the Elder was executed in Tigava.
| Titular Bishops of Tigava | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basile Octave Tanghe OFMCap | Vicar Apostolic of Belgian Ubanghi ( Belgian Congo ) | January 28, 1935 | December 16, 1947 |
| 2 | Alphonse Bossart OMI | Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Belgian Congo / Democratic Republic of the Congo ) | February 12, 1948 | March 3, 1963 |
| 3 | John Louis Morkovsky | Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston ( USA ) | April 16, 1963 | April 22, 1975 |
| 4th | Bernhard Rieger | Auxiliary Bishop in Rottenburg-Stuttgart ( Germany ) | December 20, 1984 | April 10, 2013 |
| 5 | Leomar Antônio Brustolin | Auxiliary Bishop in Porto Alegre ( Brazil ) | January 7, 2015 | |