Mathara in Numidia
Mathara was an Ancient city and suffragan bishopric in the Roman province of Numidia, in present Algeria.
Titular see[]
In 1933, the bishopric was nominally revived as titular see, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, with a single exception, the present, archiepiscopal incumbent.
It had following incumbents, mostly Latin :
- Alois Schwarz (1996.12.27 – 2001.05.22)
- Laurenz Böggering (1967.07.25 – 1996.01.10)
- David Motiuk (2002.04.05 – 2007.01.25)
- Franz-Josef Overbeck (2007.07.18 – 2009.10.28)
- Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (2010.01.05 – 2015.01.19), then auxiliary eparch of the Eastern Catholic (Alexandrian Rite) Metropolitan Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba; next appointed suffragan of that Metropolitan in the newly created Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie
- Titular Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (2015.05.23 – ...), Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic, Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico
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