Diocese of Mina

Roman Catholic titular see

The Diocese of Mina (Latin: Dioecesis Minensis) was a Roman–Berber civitas and Roman Catholic diocese in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is a Catholic Church titular see.[1][2]

History

Mina was a civitas of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Relizane in modern Algeria.[3] While Mina flourished in late antiquity, it did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Known bishops

  • Cecilio took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal, after which the bishop was exiled.
  • Secondino intervened at the Carthaginian Council of 525.
  • Herman Joseph Meysing, 1929–1951
  • Joseph Mark McShea 1951–1962
  • Heinrich Theissing 1963–1988
  • Carlos Arthur Sevilla 1988–1996
  • John 'Oke Afareha 1997–2010
  • Wilfried Theising, auxiliary bishop of Münster 2010–current[4]

References

  1. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  2. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 230.
  3. ^ entry at www.gcatholic.org.
  4. ^ Mina at catholic-hierarchy.org.
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