Mibiarca

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.

Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

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]

List of Catholic titular bishops of Mibiarca^[1][2]

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