Titular diocese of Vada

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Vada is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .

The city ​​of Vada (now Chebba in Tunisia) in North Africa near the Caput Vada promontory (now Ras Kapudia ) in the province of Byzacena was an old Roman bishopric , which went down in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion . It was in the Roman province of Numidia .

Titular Bishops of Vada
No. Surname Office from to
1 Augustin-Marie Tardieu MEP Vicar Apostolic of Qui Nhơn ( Vietnam ) January 10, 1930 December 12, 1942
2 Anthony Jordan OMI Vicar Apostolic of Prince George ( Canada ) June 22, 1945 April 27, 1955
3 Longinus Gabriel Pereira Auxiliary Bishop in Bombay ( India ) May 5th 1955 December 19, 2004
4th George Beluso Rimando Auxiliary Bishop in Davao ( Philippines ) March 4, 2006

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