Titular Episcopal See of

Bilta

Tunisia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Location: ruins of Sidi-Salah-El-Balthi?, pr. Proconsolare, m. Cartagine, Tunisia

History

1933: Established as Titular Episcopal See of Bilta (latine) / Bilta (Italiano) / Bilten(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2007.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (43)

Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Salvatore Di Cristina (74) (later Archbishop) (2000.12.23 – 2006.12.02)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Juan Barros Madrid (55) (1995.04.12 – 2000.11.21)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Severino M. Pelayo (1985.12.19 – 1995.02.26)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola (83) (1980.12.20 – 1985.10.12)
Titular Archbishop: Archbishop Vittore Ugo Righi (1961.10.14 – 1980.04.28)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. (1947.08.11 – 1957.10.01)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Manuel Hurtado y García (1943.01.13 – 1947.04.24)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Joseph Moran Corrigan (1940.02.03 – 1942.06.09)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Salvador Montes de Oca (1934.12.22 – 1940)

as of 2012.01.15

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