Ziama Mansouriah
Ziama Mansouriah
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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 or Choba 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)
- Antequera (Mexico)
- Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston), later Bishop of Austin(also in Texas, USA 2010.01.26 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (2010.03.11 – 2016.02.17), named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana by Pope Francis
- Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
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
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 875
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| Chekfa District | ||||
| Settara District | ||||
| Sidi Maârouf District | ||||
| Djimla District | ||||
| Texenna District | ||||
| Ziama Mansouriah District | ||||
36°40′N 5°29′E / 36.667°N 5.483°E
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