Rezilane

Diocese of Mina

Diocese of Mina

Roman Catholic titular see

The Diocese of Mina (Latin: Dioecesis Minensis) was a Roman–Berber civitas and Roman Catholic diocese in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is a Catholic Church titular see.[1][2]

History

Mina was a civitas of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Relizane in modern Algeria.[3] While Mina flourished in late antiquity, it did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Known bishops

References

  1. [1]
    Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  2. [2]
    Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 230.
  3. [3]
    entry at www.gcatholic.org.
  4. [4]
    Mina at catholic-hierarchy.org.
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