Diocese of Mina explained

The Diocese of Mina (Latin: Dioecesis Minensis|links=no) was a Roman–Berber civitas and Roman Catholic diocese in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is a Catholic Church titular see.^{[1] [2]}

History

Mina was a civitas of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Relizane in modern Algeria.^[3] While Mina flourished in late antiquity, it did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Known bishops

• Cecilio took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal, after which the bishop was exiled.
• Secondino intervened at the Carthaginian Council of 525.
• Herman Joseph Meysing, 1929–1951
• Joseph Mark McShea 1951–1962
• Heinrich Theissing 1963–1988
• Carlos Arthur Sevilla 1988–1996
• John 'Oke Afareha 1997–2010
• Wilfried Theising, auxiliary bishop of Münster 2010–current^[4]

Notes and References

1. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 230.
3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1165.htm entry
4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3m24.html Mina