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Tullia (see)

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Tullia is an Ancient city and former bishopric in Numidia and present Latin Catholic tiular see.

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History

The city, near modern Annaba (Algeria) was important enough in the Roman province of Numidia to become a suffragan bishopric.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 and has had the following incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks:

  • Titular Bishop Joost van den Biesen, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (later Mr.) (1948.02.12 – 1958.01.24)
  • Titular Bishop Roman Andrzejewski (1981.11.12 – 2003.07.07)
  • Titular Archbishop Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier, Dominican Order O.P. (2003.10.07 – 2003.10.21), later Cardinal)
  • Titular Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (2003.11.12 – 2007.04.21)
  • Titular Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla (2007.07.13 – 2011.11.24)
  • Titular Bishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva (2011.12.21 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte.

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