Titular Episcopal See of

Oëa

Libya

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Oëa (latine) / Oea (Italiano) / Oëeb(sis) (Latin)

Location: Tripoli di Libia, pr. Tripolitania, Libya

History

200?: Established as Diocese of Œa (latine) / Tripoli (Italiano)
500?: Suppressed
1700?: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Œa (latine) / Tripoli (Italiano)
1926: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Œa (latine) / Tripoli d’Africa (Italiano)
1929: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Oëa (latine) / Tripoli d’Africa (Italiano)
1933: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Oëa (latine) / Oea (Italiano) / Oëeb(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (1999.12.22 – ...):

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a (68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Œa (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Cresconius of Tripoli
(467? – 470?)

Died:

470?

Bishop of Œa (467? – 470?)

Bishop.

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (82) (1989.08.09 – 1998.03.07)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Michel Louis Coloni (later Archbishop) (1982.05.11 – 1989.01.30)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. (1934.02.01 – 1980.01.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Salvatore Ballo Guercio (1920.03.08 – 1933.09.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Vittore Corvaia, O.S.B. Subl. (1908.07.12 – 1913.07.22)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Francesco Bacchini (1905.12.11 – 1908.01.13)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Grosgeorge, M.E.P. (1896.01.28 – 1902.03.01)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, S.D.B. (1893.03.10 – 1895.11.06)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Bernardo Maria Beamonte, O.C.D. (1728.07.20 – 1733.05.11)

Last updated on 2024.04.30

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