Caesariana (Numidia)
Caesariana (Cæsariana) was an Ancient city and
Roman Catholic titular see
.
History
It was one of over 120 cities in the
Carthage, but would fade away, plausibly at the seventh century advent of Islam
.
Its ruins are at Kessaria (obviously still named after Caesariana) in modern Algeria.
Its only historically documented incumbent was not Catholic but the schismatic
Caesarea in Numidia
.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin
titular bishopric
of Cæsariana (Latin; Curiate Italian Cesariana).
It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank, with two archiepiscopal exceptions:
- Fulton John Sheen (1951.05.28 – 1966.10.21) as Newport(1969.10.06 – death 1979.12.09)
- Titular Archbishop Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinaripro hac vice Title (1999.01.09 – death 2007.06.17)
- Titular Archbishop S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio(2007.11.24 [2008.01.27] – ...)
- Lutsk of the Ukrainians(Ukraine), no previous prelature