Sufetula (see)
The Catholic diocese of Sufetula was an Ancient bishopric in the city of Sufetula, on the site of modern Tunisian Sbeitla, in the Roman province of Byzacena.
Titular see
It was nominally revived as a titular see of the lowest (episcopal) rank in 1914.
It has had the following incumbents, mostly missionary members of congregations :
- João Irineu Joffily (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04), later Archbishop
- Flaminio Belotti (包海容), Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (P.I.M.E.) (1917.06.14 – 1945.11.23)
- Louis Joseph Cabana, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (1947.01.09 – 1953.03.25) (later Archbishop)
- Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. (1954.06.27 – 1955.09.14)
- Arnold Boghaert, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (1956.11.09 – 1957.06.04)
- Camille Vandekerckhove, Lazarists (C.M.) (1957.12.24 – 1959.11.10)
- Thomas Patrick Collins, Maryknoll Fathers (M.M.) (1960.11.15 – 1973.12.07)
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