Naratcata

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Naratcata was the seat of an ancient episcopal see of the Roman province of Numidia. The location of the diocese seat and cathedra is not known but presumably was a place called Naratcatensis and was somewhere in today's Algeria. [1]

There are two known bishops of Naratcata:

The diocese ceased to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb but was re-established in name in 1933. [2] Today Naratcata survives as a titular bishopric and the bishop is Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi, of Kinshasa, who replaced Fernando Bascopé Müller in 2014.

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References

  1. Naratcata at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Titular Episcopal See of Naratcata at Gcatholic.org.