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Catabum Castra

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Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

Catabum Castra was an ancient Roman town of North Africa during the Byzantine Empire, Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Djidioua[1] in Algeria.

Titular see of Catabum Castra

During the Roman Empire the town of Catabum Castra was the seat of an ancient bishopric.[2] That ancient diocese ceased to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.[3][4] The diocese was, however, nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.[5]

Known Bishops

Catabum Castra has had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank:

  • Patera (fl. 484)
  • Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. (1966.09.29 – 1971.01.20)
  • Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘) (1971.07.25 – 1975.06.05)
  • Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (1975.08.29 – 1976.05.31)
  • Michael Nnachi Okoro (1977.06.27 – 1983.02.19)
  • František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30)
  • Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아) (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10)
  • Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. (2009.12.24 –...), Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Castrum Catabum is a titular see of the Catholic Church.[6]

References

  1. Back to citation Titular Episcopal See of Catabum castra at GCatholic.org.
  2. Back to citation Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  3. Back to citation Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465.
  4. Back to citation Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 131.
  5. Back to citation GigaCatholic with titular incumbent biography links.
  6. Back to citation Wikidata item Q1050124