Acufida

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Acufida was an ancient town and bishopric in Mauretania, and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

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It was located near Cafrida, in modern Algeria.

History

Acufida gained sufficient importance as a town in the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis to become a Catholic diocese, suffragan of the provincial Metropole, but eventually faded.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin titular see in 1933. It was renamed Acafida in 1944, but the name was switched back to Acufida in 1971.

It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank:

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