Vegesela in Numidia

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Vegesela (in Numidia) was an ancient city and former episcopal see in Roman North Africa and remains a Latin Church titular see of the Catholic Church.

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Its present location, in Algeria, may be Ksar-Bou-Saïd, Ksar-El-Kelb or Henchir-El-Abiodh.

History

It was among the many cities of sufficient importance in the Roman province of Numidia to become a suffragan diocese under the Pope of Rome, but faded, presumably at the seventh century advent of Islam.

Four of it bishops are historically documented :

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Church titular see of Vegesela in Numidia (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Vegeselitan(us) in Numidia (Latin adjective)

It has had the following incumbents:

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