Lari Castellum Explained

The Diocese of Lari Castellum (Dioecesis Laritana) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church.^{[1] [2] [3]} province of Mauritania Caesariensis. Lari Castle is centered on Imilaën^[4] in modern Algeria^[5] and the current titular bishop is Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, OMI, former vicar apostolic of Machiques.

Known bishops

• Restitutus (mentioned in 411) (a Donatist bishop)
• Carlos Riu Anglés (September 10, 1964 – November 28, 1971)
• Michele Giordano, Archbishop of Matera (December 23, 1971 – June 12, 1974)
• Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa † (24 July 1974 – 12 March 1987)
• Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, CM (May 15, 1987 – September 28, 1996)
• Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, OMI, from 24 January 1997

See also

• List of Catholic titular sees

Notes and References

1. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae (Leipzig, 1931), p.466.
2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), pp.199-200.
3. David Cheney, Lari Castellum at catholic-hierarchy.org.
4. Memories of the Archaeological Society of Southern France, Vol.7 (Archaeological Society of Southern France, 1860). page 302.
5. Memories of the Archaeological Society of Southern France, Vol.7 (Archaeological Society of Southern France, 1860), page 302.