Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine {Latin:Constantinian(us)} is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.
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[edit] History
July 25, 1866: Established as Diocese of Constantine from the Diocese of Algiers.
Wikisource has an original article from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia about:
[edit] United titles
Diocese of Hippo (since 1867.09.23)
[edit] Special churches
The seat of the bishop is Cathedral the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs in Constantine. There is a Minor Basilica at the Basilique Saint Augustin in Annaba (Hippo).
[edit] Leadership
- Bishops of Constantine
- Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado (since 1983.03.25)
- Bishop Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto (1970.08.19 – 1983.03.25)
- Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier (1954.03.27 – 1970.01.31)
- Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval (1946.11.03 – 1954.02.03)
- Bishop Emile-Jean-François Thiénard (1924.03.24 – 1945.10.26)
- Bishop Amiel-François Bessière (1917.01.02 – 1923.10.03)
- Bishop Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière (1913.05.26 – 1916.09.10)
- Bishop Jules-Etienne Gazaniol (1896.10.13 – 1913.05.22)
- Bishop Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière (1894.01.29 – 1896.08.12)
- Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes (1881.02.17 – 1893.06.15)
- Archbishop Prosper Auguste Dusserre (1878.07.31 – 1880.02.27)
- Bishop Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert (1872.02.27 – 1878.07.15)
- Bishop Félix-Joseph-François-Barthélemy de Las Cases (1867.01.12 – 1870.08.29)
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