Titular diocese of Vada
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 |
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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 |