Titular diocese of Zaraï
Zaraï ( Italian : Zarai ) is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Zarai in the Roman province of Numidia in North Africa , which went down in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion .
| Titular Bishops of Zaraï | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteban Sánchez de las Heras OP | Vicar Apostolic of Amoy ( China ) | January 19, 1895 | June 21, 1896 |
| 2 | Jerome Van Aertselaer CICM | Vicar Apostolic of Central Mongolia (China) | May 7, 1898 | January 12, 1924 |
| 3 | Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza | Auxiliary Bishop in Tortosa ( Spain ) | April 23, 1924 | December 14, 1925 |
| 4th | Enrique María Dubuc Moreno | Coadjutor Bishop of Barquisimeto ( Venezuela ) | May 25, 1926 | September 26, 1926 |
| 5 | Jan Stavel | Auxiliary Bishop in Olomouc ( Czechoslovakia ) | April 29, 1927 | 1939 |
| 6th | Vince Kovács | Auxiliary Bishop in Vác ( Hungary ) | July 20, 1940 | March 15, 1974 |
| 7th | Benito Cocchi | Auxiliary Bishop in Bologna ( Italy ) | December 12, 1974 | May 22, 1982 |
| 8th |
José Sebastián Laboa Gallego Titular Archbishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Nuncio and Apostolic Delegate | 18th December 1982 | October 24, 2002 |
| 9 | Assis Lopes | Auxiliary Bishop in São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) | January 22, 2003 | |