The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin: Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church, in today's Tunisia.[1] [2] [3] [4] It is an ancient episcopal seat of the Late Roman province of Byzacena.
The only known bishop of this African diocese was John,[3] who participated in the anti-monotheistic council of Carthage (641).[4]
Today Mibiarca survives as a titular diocese established in 1933. Its initial bishop was Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, the Prelate of Choluteca in Honduras, who was appointed in 1966. The current titular bishop is Thomas Padiyath, who was appointed in 2022[1] [2] and who is an auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad in India.
| Name | Sui iuris church | Appointed | Concomitant appointment | Term end | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras[5] | Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca | |||||
| Latin Church | Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina[6] | Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina | ||||
| Latin Church | Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador[7] | Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente | ||||
| Latin Church | Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia[8] | Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia | ||||
| Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, India[9] | present | incumbent |