Djidioua
Jdiouia | |
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Commune and town | |
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| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Relizane Province |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Djidioua is a town and commune in Relizane Province, Algeria and the presumed site of Ancient city and bishopric Catabum Castra, now a Latin Catholic titular see. It colonial age name in French is Saint Aimé.
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History
Catabum Castra was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Caesarea in Mauretania's Metropolitan Archbishop.
Titular see of Catabum Castra
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.
It has had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
- Urbain Etienne Morlion, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (1966.09.29 – 1971.01.20)
- Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (이갑수 가브리엘) (1971.07.25 – 1975.06.05)
- Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (1975.08.29 – 1976.05.31)
- Michael Nnachi Okoro (1977.06.27 – 1983.02.19)
- František Václav Lobkowicz, Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1990.03.17 – 1996.05.30)
- Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아) (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10)
- Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (2009.12.24 – ...), Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia
References
- ^ "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
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35°56′N 0°50′E / 35.933°N 0.833°E
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