Ziama Mansouriah
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| Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province |
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| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Jijel Province |
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| • Total | 12,642 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
Ziama Mansouriah is a town and commune in Jijel Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,642.[1]
History
In Roman times, the Ancient city was called Cova and belonged to the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis.
It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric. Bishop Maximus of Cova was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.[2][3][4]
Titular see of Cova
No longer a residential bishopric, Cova is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[5]
The ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, the lowest class, and since had the following near-consecutive incumbents :
- Emmanuel Otteh (1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08)
- José Luis Chávez Botello (1997.02.21 – 2001.07.16), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)
- José Stephen Vásquez (2001.11.30 – 2010.01.26, as Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston), later Bishop of Austin (also in Texas, USA 2010.01.26 – ...)
- John Douglas Deshotel, Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (2010.03.11 – ...)
References
- ↑ Statoids
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 145
- ↑ J. Ferron, v. Coviensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, Parigi 1956, col. 1002
- ↑ H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne, in Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, pp. 115-116
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 875
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