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The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin: Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church, in today's Tunisia.[1][2][3][4] It is an ancient episcopal seat of the Late Roman province of Byzacena.
The only known bishop of this African diocese was John,[3] who participated in the anti-monotheistic council of Carthage (641).[4]
Today Mibiarca survives as a titular diocese established in 1933. Its initial bishop was Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, the Prelate of Choluteca in Honduras, who was appointed in 1966. The current titular bishop is Thomas Padiyath, who was appointed in 2022[1][2] and who is an auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad in India.[5]
| Name | Sui iuris church | Appointed | Concomitant appointment | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Gérin y Boulay | Latin Church | 30 Dec 1966 | Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras[6] | 29 Aug 1979 | Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca |
| Emilio Ogñénovich | Latin Church | 1 Oct 1979 | Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina[7] | 8 Jun 1982 | Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina |
| José Oscar Barahona Castillo | Latin Church | 16 Jul 1982 | Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador[8] | 6 Jun 1983 | Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente |
| Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey | Latin Church | 3 Nov 1983 | Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia[9] | 27 Jul 2022 | Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia |
| Thomas Padiyath | Syro-Malabar Church | 25 Aug 2022 | Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, India[5] | present | incumbent |
- ^ a b c "Mibiarca (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Titular Episcopal See of Mibiarca". GCatholic. Gabriel Chow. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ a b Gams, Pius Bonifacius (1931). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae [A series of bishops of the Catholic Church (machine translation)] (in Latin). Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann. p. 467.
- ^ a b Morcelli, Stefano Antonio (1816). Africa christiana : in tres partes tributa [Christian Africa: Divided in Three Parts] (in Latin). Vol. I. Brescia: Brixiae : Ex Officina Bettoniana. p. 225.
- ^ a b "Bishop Thomas Padiyath". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Bishop Marcelo Gérin y Boulay". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Archbishop Emilio Ogñénovich". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Bishop Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.