Bapara (Mauretania)

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Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

Bapara, Mauritania, was an

bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.[1][2][3]

Bishopric

The Titular Episcopal See of Bapara is a

The current bishop is Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc, of the Philippines. [5] The original seat of the diocese has been lost to history although it was in Mauretania Caesariensis and is generally assumed to have been near the promontory Ksila, on the Mediterranean coastline of Algeria. [6]

Known bishops

  • Mons. Rafael Conde Alfonzo.
    Mons. Rafael Conde Alfonzo.
  • Bishop Richard Garcia.
    Bishop Richard Garcia.

References

  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 464.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 97.
  3. ^ Auguste Audollent, v. Baparensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, 1932, col. 522.
  4. ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
  5. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Bapara, GCatholic.org.
  6. ^ Titular Episcopal See of Bapara, GCatholic.org.
  7. ^ Patrologia latina, t. LVIII, coll. 174 e 346.