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Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa

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Cherchell
thumb|250px|right|The port of Cherchell thumb|250px|right|Cherchell bay with Mont Chenoua in the background thumb|250px|right|Road to the neighborhood of Tizirine thumb|250px|right|Archaeological Museum of Cherchell. Cherchell () is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
Pelusium
thumb|Map of ancient Lower Egypt showing Pelusium
Castra Lambaesis
Lambaesis (Lambæsis), Lambaisis or Lambaesa (Lambèse in colonial French), is a Roman archaeological site in Algeria, southeast of Batna and west of Timgad, located next to the modern village of Tazoult. The former bishopric is also a Latin Catholic titular bishopric.
Collo
Collo (), known as Chullu in antiquity, is a port town in the Skikda Province in northeastern Algeria, and forms part of the Collo Massif region. It is the capital and one of three municipalities of the Collo District.
Hadrumetum
Hadrumetum, also known by many variant spellings and names, was a Phoenician colony that pre-dated Carthage. It subsequently became one of the most important cities in Roman Africa before Vandal and Umayyad conquerors left it ruined. In the early modern period, it was the village of Hammeim, now part of Sousse, Tunisia.
Oued Chaaba
municipality of Algeria
Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria
ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
Ain Zana
municipality of Algeria
Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo
apostolic vicariate in Chad
Zéramdine
thumb|right|Zeramdine's city hall.Zéramdine is a Tunisian city located in the Sahel, Tunisia region about twenty kilometers southwest of Monastir.
Tigisi in Numidia
Diocese
Tiddis
Tiddis (also known as Castellum Tidditanorum or Tiddi) was a Roman city that depended on Cirta and a bishopric as "Tiddi", which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Mides
Midès (also called Midas) is a mountain oasis in Tunisia. As Ancient Mades, it was a bishopric and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. alt=Mides Canyon|thumb|Mides Canyon
Meninx
archaeological site in Tunisia
Musti
archaeological site in Tunisia
Zaouiet Kontoch
Tunisian town
Caesarea of Mauretania
ancient city of Algeria
Edistiana
thumb|right|Africa (Roman province)|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Edistiana was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and in late antiquity of Byzacena. It was located in the modern Tunisia. It was a former Catholic diocese.
Mohamedia
Tunisian town
Drusiliana
Drusiliana was a civitas (town) of Roman North Africa. Joseph Bingham called it a city of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. An inscription of Constantine the Great was found in the city ruins and it appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana The town has been tentatively identified with ruins near Khanguet-el-Kdim in northern Tunisia. Located at . Epigraphical evidence suggest Constantine the Great undertook some works in the city in 312AD.
Unizibira
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Unizibira was an ancient town and bishopric in Roman North Africa which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Obba
titular see in Tunisia
Thibica
Thibica is a locality, archaeological site and railroad station in Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia, located near Dar Cheïkh Ali east of El Fahs.
Turris Tamalleni
archaeological site in Tunisia
Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia
latin patriarchal see of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia (1555-1663)
Castrum Catabum
Roman fort
Zygris
Zygris (Greek: Ζυγρίς; the inhabitants were called Zygritae, Ζυγρῖται) was a small town in the Roman province of Marmarica, a province also known as Libya Inferior. It was in the eastern part of this region, which some geographers considered a separate area, called Libycus Nomus, distinct from both Marmarica and Aegyptus. It may have been located at Zaviet-El-Chammas in modern Egypt. Diderot's Encyclopedia gave Solonet as its modern name.
Maura
Bishopric
Vita
titular see in Algeria and Tunisia
Vageata
Vageata, also known as Vageatensis, was a Roman-Berber town in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It is also known as Bagatensis, and epigraphical evidence remains attesting to this etymology, due to the interchange of 'v' for 'b' is a common phenomenon in Latin and Greek place names.
Migirpa
thumb|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Migirpa was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas in the province of Africa Proconsularis. It flourished from 30 BCE to 640 CE. The town is identified as stone ruins near Carthage, Tunisia.
Usinaza
thumb|right|Mauretania Caesariensis The Diocese of Usinaza () is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Apostolic Prefecture of Lower Congo
Catholic church in Africa
Dura
titular see in Tunisia
Mathara in Numidia
Diocese
Nigizubi
Nigizubi was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Numidia. It was located in modern Algeria. It was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. during the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire. The exact location of the ancient town is now lost but it was somewhere in north-eastern Algeria.
Octaba
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Octaba was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and Byzacena in late antiquity. Its exact location is now lost, but it was in the Sahel region of Tunisia.
Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber
Mozotcori
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis.The Diocese of Mozotcori (Latin: Dioecesis Mozotcoritana) is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Castellum Tingitii
Obbi, Mauretania
ancient city
Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara
apostolic vicariate
Dionysiana
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) The diocese of Dionysiana (in Latin: Dioecesis Dionysianensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Tigimma
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Tigimma was during the Roman Empire a civitas of Africa Proconsularis. The town has been tentatively identified with ruins near Djemâa.
Thucca in Numidia
titular see
Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said
apostolic vicariate
Munatiana
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis.Munatiana was an ancient Roman-Berber civitas located in the province of Byzacena in the present-day Sahel region of Tunisia. The former town was also the seat of an old Christian diocese, which remains a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.
Decoriana
Decoriana (Decoriensis or Dicensis) was an ancient Roman–Berber city and former bishopric in Tunisia. It is now a Latin Catholic titular see. thumb|right|Roman Africa
Medeli
thumb|right|Map of Roman cities in Tunisia Medeli was an ancient Roman–Berber civitas of the Roman Province of Africa Proconsularis in Tunisia. It has been tentatively identified with Henchir-Mencoub and lasted through the Roman, Vandal and Byzantine empires.
Vannida
The diocese of Vannida ) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It was centered on the ancient Roman town of Vannida, in what is today Algeria, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Utimmira
thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD) Utimmira was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The town was somewhere near Carthage in today's Tunisia, but the exact location has been lost to history.
Vegesela in Numidia
Diocese
Diocese of Vibiana
Roman Catholic titular see
Apostolic Prefecture of Cubango in Angola
church in Angola
Tisili
Tisili is a former city and diocese of in Roman Africa; it is now a Catholic titular see in modern Tunisia, with its precise location not being defined.
Nova Barbara
Roman–Berber town in Numidia
Maximiana in Numidia
Diocese
Nicives
Nicives, identifiable with N'Gaous in Batna Province, Algeria, was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Numidia.
Voli
thumb|right|Africa proconsularis SPQR Volitanus also known as Voli and Bolitana was a Roman era civitas (town) of Africa Proconsularis, a suffragan metropolis of Carthage in Roman North Africa.
Tullia
titular see in Numidia