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The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin : Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church, in today's Tunisia. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is an ancient episcopal seat of the Late Roman province of Byzacena.

The only known bishop of this African diocese was John, [3] who participated in the anti-monotheistic council of Carthage (641). [4]

Today Mibiarca survives as a titular diocese established in 1933. Its initial bishop was Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, the Prelate of Choluteca in Honduras, who was appointed in 1966. The current titular bishop is Thomas Padiyath, who was appointed in 2022 [1] [2] and who is an auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad in India. [5]

List of Catholic titular bishops of Mibiarca [1] [2]
Name Sui iuris church AppointedConcomitant appointmentTerm endNotes
Marcelo Gérin y Boulay Latin Church 30 Dec 1966Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras [6] 29 Aug 1979Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca
Emilio Ogñénovich Latin Church1 Oct 1979Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina [7] 8 Jun 1982Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
José Oscar Barahona Castillo Latin Church16 Jul 1982Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador [8] 6 Jun 1983Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente
Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey Latin Church3 Nov 1983Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia [9] 27 Jul 2022Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
Thomas Padiyath Syro-Malabar Church 25 Aug 2022Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, India [5] presentincumbent

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  4. 1 2 Morcelli, Stefano Antonio (1816). Africa christiana : in tres partes tributa [Christian Africa: Divided in Three Parts] (in Latin). Vol. I. Brescia: Brixiae : Ex Officina Bettoniana. p. 225.
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