Parthenia was a Roman–Berber town in the former Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis, the easternmost part of ancient Mauretania. It was located in what is now northern Algeria.
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place. There are more bishops than there are functioning dioceses. Therefore, a priest appointed not to head a diocese as its diocesan bishop but to be an auxiliary bishop, a papal diplomat, or an official of the Roman Curia is appointed to a titular see.
Djelfa (Arabic: الجلفة, romanized: al-Ǧilfah is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girardot is a diocese located in the city of Girardot in the Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción, which cover all and only Paraguay.
Vazari-Didda or Vazari Didda) was an Ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Anineta, also known as Aninetum or Anineton, was a town of ancient Lydia or of Caria, and later of the Roman, and Byzantine empires, located in modern Turkey, the site of an ancient bishopric in and was an important site early in christianity. Anineta remains today a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Ephesus. In addition it minted coins bearing the legend Ἀνινησίων.
Satala or Satala in Lydia was a Roman era city and Bishopric in ancient Lydia.
Turris in Mauretania is an ancient settlement of Roman North Africa in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The location is unknown but believed to be in Algeria. The city was believed to be the site of an ancient bishopric but no bishops of antiquity are known to us. The suffix "in Mauretania" is to differentiate the town from cities that existed in Spain and adjoining provinces of Roman North Africa.
Velefi was the name of an ancient town of Roman North Africa.
Nigizubi was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Numidia. It was located in modern Algeria. It was also the seat of an ancient bishopric.during the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire. The exact location of the ancient town is now lost but it was somewhere in north-eastern Algeria.
Ksour-El-Khaoua is a locality in southern Tunisia, North Africa. During the Roman Empire the town was a civitas (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena. and the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric.
Selendeta was an ancient civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena during the Roman Empire and late antiquity. The exact location of the town is unknown but it was somewhere in southern Tunisia.
Gunugus or Gunugu was a Berber and Carthaginian town in northwest Africa in antiquity. It passed into Roman control during the Punic Wars and was the site of a colony of veteran soldiers. It survived the Vandals and Byzantines but was destroyed during the Muslim invasion of the area.
Grimidi was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, located at 3.73031 35.87687 in North Africa. It flourished from about 30BC to about 640AD. Numerous ruins litter the site.
Sereddeli was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, in North Africa. Sereddeli flourished through the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire into late antiquity. It survived until at least the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
The Diocese of Iunca in Mauretania is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Numida was an ancient Roman town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was located in modern northern Algeria.
Tamada was an ancient Roman–Berber civitas in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The town lasted through the Byzantine Empire, Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire into late antiquity, until at least the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century.
Ceretapa or Keretapa, also called Diocaesarea or Diocaesareia or Diokaisareia (Διοκαισάρεια), was a Graeco-Roman town of Phrygia Pacatiana. It minted coins bearing the demonym Κερεταπεύς. The coins also show that there was near it a river or fountain Aulindenus. It was a bishopric with Silvanus representing the city at the Council of Ephesus, 431. No longer the seat a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
