Djidioua

Jdiouia
Commune and town
Country  Algeria
Province Relizane Province
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Djidioua is a town and commune in Relizane Province, Algeria and the presumed site of Ancient city and bishopric Catabum Castra, now a Latin Catholic titular see..[1]

History

Catabum Castra was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Caesarea in Mauretania's Metropolitan Archbishop. Under the French it was known as Saint Aimé.

Titular see of Catabum Castra

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.

It has had the following incumbents of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

References

  1. "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

Source and External links

Coordinates: 35°56′N 0°50′E / 35.933°N 0.833°E / 35.933; 0.833

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