Diocese of Numida

Numida was an ancient Roman town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It was located in modern northern Algeria.

Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

The town was also the seat of an ancient Christian diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, of which very little is known.^[1] That Diocese survives today as a titular bishopric.

The location of the classical antiquity has been lost since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb,^[2] and all that remains is the titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church that was once centered in that town.^[3][4]

Bishopric

Today Numida survives as a titular bishopric^[5][6] and the current bishop is Timothy J. O'Malley, auxiliary bishop of Chicago.

Known bishops of the diocese include

• At the 411 Carthage conference between the Catholic and Donatist bishops of Roman North Africa, the town was represented by the Donatist bishop Gennaro, without a Catholic opponent.
• Vittore participated in the synod assembled in Carthage by the Arian King Huneric the Vandal, after which Vittore was exiled.

• Morandini, an apostolic nuncio.
• Ildefonso Naselli fl. 20 September 1728
• Severino Maria Castelli fl. 27. März 1765
• Etienne Blanquet de Rouville of Reims 1828–1838
• Paul Bui Chu Tao of Phát Diem 1959–1960
• Cornélio Veerman Cametá 1961–1970
• Edward Louis Heston 1972–1973
• Mario Pio Gaspari 1973–1983
• Giovanni Battista Morandini 1983–2024
• Timothy J. O'Malley 2024–

See also

• Numida helmeted guineafowl
• Mauretania Caesariensis