Serra (titular see)
Serra is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a defunct bishopric in the ancient city Serra in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (today in northern Tunisia). The bishopric was in the ecclesiastical province of Carthage.
The Holy See identifies the titular see as "Serrensi in Proconsulari"[1] as well as "Serra".
| Titular bishops of Serra | ||||
| Name | Position | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Józef Olszański[2] | Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm, Poland | 25 June 1727 | 16 May 1738 | |
| Krzysztof Michal Dobinski | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | 27 June 1738 | 21 July 1769 | |
| Francis Joseph Green | Auxiliary Bishop of Tucson, USA | 29 May 1953 | 28 September 1960 | |
| Saverio Zupi Titular bishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Internuncio | 28 October 1961 | 1 May 1983 | |
| Clemente Faccani Titular bishop pro hac vice |
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio | 27 June 1983 | 15 September 2011 | |
| Jozef Haľko | Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava, Slovakia | 31 January 2012 | ||
References[edit]
- "Serra". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIV. 1962. pp. 553, 931. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Bishop Józef Olszański". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
External links[edit]
- Entry ay gcatholic.org
- (in German) Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine