Germania in Numidia
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Germania in Numidia is a former Ancient city and Roman bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
History
The Ancient city, whose site is presumed near modern Ksar-El-Kelb? (in present Algeria), was sufficiently important in the Roman province of Numidia to be a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cirta (modern Constantine), but faded.
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:
- Titular Archbishop Cardinal Augustin Bea, Jesuits (S.J.) (1962.04.05 – 1962.04.20)
- Titular Bishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo (1963.07.25 – 1966.11.21)
- Titular Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J. (1967.06.13 – 1978.05.26)
- Titular Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28), Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28), later Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27)
- Titular Bishop Isaías Duarte Cancino (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18), Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18), Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1995.08.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)
- Titular Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender (1990.03.15 – ...), Apostolic Nuncio (papal ambassador) emeritus to Germany
