The diocese of Mibiarca (inLatin: 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 provinceofByzacena.
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.[5]
| Name | Sui iuris church | Appointed | Concomitant appointment | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Gérin y Boulay | Latin Church | 30 Dec 1966 | Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras[6] | 29 Aug 1979 | Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca |
| Emilio Ogñénovich | Latin Church | 1 Oct 1979 | Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina[7] | 8 Jun 1982 | Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina |
| José Oscar Barahona Castillo | Latin Church | 16 Jul 1982 | Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador[8] | 6 Jun 1983 | Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente |
| Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey | Latin Church | 3 Nov 1983 | Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia[9] | 27 Jul 2022 | Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia |
| Thomas Padiyath | Syro-Malabar Church | 25 Aug 2022 | Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, India[5] | present | incumbent |
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