Ziama Mansouriah
| Ziama Mansouriah زيامة منصورية | |
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| Commune and town | |
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 Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province | |
  Ziama Mansouriah Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province | |
| Coordinates: DZ 36°40′25″N 5°28′5″E / 36.67361°N 5.46806°E | |
| Country |
 Algeria |
| Province | Jijel Province |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 12,642 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
Ziama Mansouriah is a town and commune in Jijel Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,642.[1]
History
In Roman times, the Ancient city was called Cova and belonged to the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis.
It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric. Bishop Maximus of Cova was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.[2][3][4]
Titular see of Cova
No longer a residential bishopric, Cova is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[5]
The ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, the lowest class, and since had the following near-consecutive incumbents :
- Emmanuel Otteh (1990.06.11 – 1996.11.08)
- José Luis Chávez Botello (1997.02.21 – 2001.07.16), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)
- José Stephen Vásquez (2001.11.30 – 2010.01.26, as Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston), later Bishop of Austin (also in Texas, USA 2010.01.26 – ...)
- J. Douglas Deshotel, Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (2010.03.11 – 2016.02.17), named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana by Pope Francis, so another titular bishop will need to be named (it's vacant and not in use for now) [6][7]
References
- ↑ Statoids
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 145
- ↑ J. Ferron, v. Coviensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, Parigi 1956, col. 1002
- ↑ H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne, in Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, pp. 115-116
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 875
- ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/02/17/0127/00277.html
- ↑ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fit%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2016%2F02%2F17%2F0127%2F00277.html
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Coordinates: 36°40′N 5°29′E / 36.667°N 5.483°E