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Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Hierpiniana was a Roman era civitas (town) in the Roman province of Byzacena, Roman North Africa. The city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric, which survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[1][2]
The current titular bishop is Florian Wörner [de] of Germany.[3][4]
| Titular bishops of Hierpiniana
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| No.
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Surname
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Office
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from
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to
|
| 1
|
Adolph Alexander Noser SVD
|
Apostolic Vicar of Alexishafen ( Papua New Guinea )
|
January 8, 1953
|
November 15, 1966
|
| 2
|
Antonio Poma
Titular Archbishop Per Hac vice
|
Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)
|
July 16, 1967
|
February 12, 1968
|
| 3
|
Santos Moro Briz
|
Emeritus Bishop of Ávila ( Spain )
|
October 19, 1968
|
December 11, 1970
|
| 4
|
Constantino Amstalden
|
Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos ( Brazil )
|
March 11, 1971
|
September 19, 1986
|
| 5
|
Jean-Georges Deledicque
|
Auxiliary Bishop in Lille ( France )
|
June 19, 1987
|
August 25, 1997
|
| 6
|
José Francisco Sanches Alves
|
Auxiliary Bishop in Lisbon ( Portugal )
|
March 7, 1998
|
April 22, 2004
|
| 7
|
Severino Batista de França OFMCap
|
Auxiliary Bishop in Santarém (Brazil)
|
4 August 2004
|
March 7, 2007
|
| 8th
|
Paul Lortie
|
Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec ( Canada )
|
April 7, 2009
|
February 1, 2012
|
| 9
|
Florian Woerner
|
Auxiliary Bishop in Augsburg ( Germany )
|
June 5, 2012
|
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