Eguga

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Eguga was a civitas in Africa Proconsulare during the Roman Empire. It was located in present-day Tunisia.

Eguga was also the seat of an ancient Catholic diocese of the same name. [1] [2] It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Carthage. The only bishop mentioned by the sources was Florencio, who took part in the antimonothelite Council of Carthage in 646. Today, Eguga survives as a Latin Church titular see. The most recent titular bishop of Eguga was Gerard William Battersby, who served from 2016 to 2024. [3] [4]

List of Latin Catholic titular bishops of Eguga [3] [4]
NameAppointedConcomitant appointmentTerm endNotes
Boniface Yang Fujie 26 Mar 1931 auxiliary bishop, Canton (Guangzhou), China23 Feb 1938Died in office
Vitus Zhang Zuohuan 8 Jul 1941 vicar apostolic, Sinyangchow, China11 Apr 1946Appointed bishop, Xinyang (Sinyang)
Louis-Amédée Lefèvre  [ fr ]10 Apr 1947vicar apostolic, Rabat, Morocco 14 Sep 1955Appointed archbishop, Rabat
Gustave Raballand 29 Feb 1956vicar apostolic, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 13 Jan 1973Resigned April 1962; Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
Antonius Hubert Thijssen  [ de ]23 Feb 1973 apostolic administrator, Denpasar, Indonesia 7 Jun 1982Died in office
Marc Leclerc  [ fr ]17 Jul 1982auxiliary bishop, Québec, Canada3 Jan 2005Died in office
Gilles Lemay  [ fr ]11 Feb 2005auxiliary bishop, Québec, Canada22 Feb 2011Appointed bishop, Amos, Québec
Michael J. Byrnes 22 Mar 2011auxiliary bishop, Detroit, U.S.31 Oct 2016Appointed coadjutor archbishop, Agaña, Guam
Gerard William Battersby 23 Nov 2016auxiliary bishop, Detroit, U.S.19 Mar 2024Appointed bishop, La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.

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References

  1. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465
  2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 154
  3. 1 2 "Eguga". GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. March 19, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Eguga (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. March 19, 2024.