Siccenna
Siccenna was a
titular bishopric
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History
Siccenna was also the seat of an ancient
Carthage.[2]
The only known Roman era
Council of Carthage (411)
, the city at that time had no Catholic bishops.
Titular see
In 1933, Siccenna was nominally restored as Latin titular bishopric[3] of diocesan rank.
Incumbents were, nearly consecutively, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with an archiepiscopal exception:
- Fortunato Zoppas (1964.11.25 – death 1969.08.05) as emeritate; previously Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani(Italy) (1952.04.26 – 1964.11.25)
- Alois Wagner (later Titular Archbishop, see below) (1969.09.01 – 1992.10.01), as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Linz (Austria) (1969.09.01 – 1981.10.12) and Vice-President of Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1981.10.12 – 1999.07.08)
- Titular Archbishop: Alois Wagner (1992.10.01 – 1999.07.08, retired; died 2002.02.26 ), as Vice-President of Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations(FAO) (1992 – 1999.07.08)
- Earl Alfred Boyea (2002.07.22 – 2008.02.27), as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Detroit (USA) (2002.07.22 – 2008.02.27); later Bishop of Lansing (USA) (2008.02.27 – ...)
- Apostolic Administratorsede plena of Stryj of the Ukrainians (2010.01.20 – 2011.03.24) and Apostolic Administrator of Stryj of the Ukrainians (2011.03.24 – 2014.04.02), later promoted Bishop of Stryj of the Ukrainians (2014.04.02 – ...)
- Joseph Koerber, Makokou (Gabon) (2003.03.07 – 2014.07.11)[5]
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Tunisia
References
- ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p.276.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig 1931), p.468.
- ^ "Die Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze". apostolische-nachfolge.de. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Number 18,315
- ^ Siccenna at www.gcatholic.org .
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