Diocese of Barica explained

The Diocese of Barica (in Latin in: Dioecesis Baricensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

Barica, currently known as Barika, is a town in today's Algeria, which was the seat of a diocese in the Roman province of Numidia. The only known mention of the diocese comes from a 592 letter by the Pope Gregory I, which contains a reference of a certain Peter, who held the post of the Bishop of Barica at the time.^[1]

In 1933, Barica was restored as a titular seat by the Pope Pius XI.^[2]

Known bishops

• Peter (fl. 592)
• Angelo Negri (1934 – 1949)
• Karl Walter Vervoort (1950 – 1979)
• Walter Theodor Jansen (1983 – 2004)
• Stanislav Stolárik (2004 – 2015)
• Michał Janocha (2015 –)

References

1. Book: Migne, Jacques-Paul . Patrologia Latina . 1862 . apud Garnier fratres . 616–617 . la.
2. Book: Annuario Pontificio . 1936 . 327.