Jump to content

Augurus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Fadesga (talk | contribs) at 02:41, 6 March 2016 (Source and External links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Augurus was an Ancient city and former bishopric in Roman Africa, now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Its presumed site is at the ruins of Sidi-Tahar and Sidi-Embarec in Algeria.

History

Augurus was important enough in the Roman province of Numidia to become one of its many suffragan sees, and faded like most.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin titular bishopric.

It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :

  • Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, Marists (S.M.) (1961.12.22 – 1966.06.21)
  • Victor-Julien-André Gouet (1966.12.30 – 1988.12.15)
  • Gilles Lussier (1988.12.23 – 1991.09.07)
  • Simon Akwali Okafor (1992.03.06 – 1994.09.09)
  • Edwin Michael Conway (1995.01.24 – 2004.08.09)
  • João Carlos Petrini (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15)
  • José Francisco Falcão de Barros (2011.02.16 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Brazil (Brazil)