Amourah
Amourah عمورة | |
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Commune and town | |
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Nickname: Sufasar | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Djelfa Province |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 5,879 |
• Density | 19/sq mi (7.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Amourah, or Amoura is a town and Latin Catholic titular bishopric in Algeria.
The commune lies in Djelfa Province. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 5,879.[1]
History
Amaura corresponds to ancient Sufasar, a town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis during the Vandal Kingdom, Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire.
Titular bishopric
Of this ancient diocese only one bishop is known, Reparatus, a Catholic, who intervened at the Conference of Carthage of 411; on that occasion the seat had no Donatist bishops.
An entry in the records of the Carthage Conference of 484 could, according to Mesnage, be a bishop of the town.[2]
Today, Sufasar survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Augustinus Kim Jong-soo, auxiliary bishop of Daejeon.
- Reparatus (fl.411)
No longer a residential bishopric, Amaura is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see,[3] of the lowest (episcopal) rank.
Since the diocese was thus nominally restored in 1933, it has had the following non-consecutive incumbents :
- Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1952.03.13 – death 1980.11.13), as Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane (Laos) (1952.03.13 – resigned 1975) and President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia (1964 – retired 1978)
- Norbert Werbs (1981.01.07 – death 2023.01.03), first as Auxiliary Bishop of North German Missions (Germany) (1981.01.07 – 1994.10.24), then Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany) (1994.10.24 – retired 2015.05.20).
References
External links and sources
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34°21′16″N 3°52′15″E / 34.35444°N 3.87083°E / 34.35444; 3.87083
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