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 of Germany.[3] [4]
| Titular bishops of Hierpiniana | |||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | 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 | ||