Germania in Numidia

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Germania in Numidia is a former ancient city and Roman bishopric and current Latin Catholic titular see. It was in the Roman province of Numidia.

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History

Germania was thought to have been located near modern Ksar-El-Kelb? in present-day Algeria. It was sufficiently important within the Roman province of Numidia to be a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cirta (modern Constantine), but faded.

Bishopric

Ancient bishops

A bishopric was established here During the Roman Empire. It stopped functioning in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion. Known bishops include

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a titular see in 1933. It has had the following (near-consecutive) incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks:

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References

  1. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 168–169.