Hilta was an ancient city and former bishopric in Roman Africa, in the north of modern
Tunisia. It is now a
Latin Catholictitular see.
History
Hilta was important enough in the
Roman province of
Africa Proconsularis, in the papal sway, to become a
suffragan bishopric of its capital
Carthage's Metropolitan Archbishop, but later faded, presumably under the 7th century advent of Islam.
It has had three historically documented bishops :
Participants in the
Council of Carthage in 411, included for Hilta the Catholic Hilarianus and the
Donatist heretic Victor, whose schismatic party was firmly condemned.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin Catholic
titular bishopric of Hilta (Latin) / Ilta (Curiate Italian) / Hilten(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie,
Eudists (C.I.M.) (1956.12.07 – resigned 1970.11.23) as emeritate, died 1973; previously Titular Bishop of
Limata (1938.03.30 – 1945.12.22) as last
Apostolic Vicar of
Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1938.03.30 – 1945.11.24), (see) promoted as first Bishop of
Golfe Saint-Laurent (now Diocese of Baie-Comeau) (1945.11.24 – 1956.12.07)
Józef Kazimierz Kluz (1972.05.12 – death 1982.12.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Gdańsk (Danzig, Poland) (1972.05.12 – 1982.12.05)
Rafael Eleuterio Rey (1983.04.30 – 1991.12.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Mendoza (
Argentina) (1983.04.30 – 1991.12.18); later Bishop of
Zárate-Campana (Argentina) (1991.12.18 – retired 2006.02.03)
Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm (1992.03.06 – 2005.11.22) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Xuân Lộc (
Vietnam) (1992.03.06 – 2005.11.22); later first Bishop of daughter see
Bà Rịa (Vietnam) (2005.11.22 – retired 2017.05.06)
Christophe Zoa (2006.11.30 – 2008.12.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Yaoundé (
Cameroon) (2006.11.30 – 2008.12.04); later Bishop of
Sangmélima (Cameroon) (2008.12.04 – ...)
Hilta was an ancient city and former bishopric in Roman Africa, in the north of modern
Tunisia. It is now a
Latin Catholictitular see.
History
Hilta was important enough in the
Roman province of
Africa Proconsularis, in the papal sway, to become a
suffragan bishopric of its capital
Carthage's Metropolitan Archbishop, but later faded, presumably under the 7th century advent of Islam.
It has had three historically documented bishops :
Participants in the
Council of Carthage in 411, included for Hilta the Catholic Hilarianus and the
Donatist heretic Victor, whose schismatic party was firmly condemned.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin Catholic
titular bishopric of Hilta (Latin) / Ilta (Curiate Italian) / Hilten(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie,
Eudists (C.I.M.) (1956.12.07 – resigned 1970.11.23) as emeritate, died 1973; previously Titular Bishop of
Limata (1938.03.30 – 1945.12.22) as last
Apostolic Vicar of
Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada) (1938.03.30 – 1945.11.24), (see) promoted as first Bishop of
Golfe Saint-Laurent (now Diocese of Baie-Comeau) (1945.11.24 – 1956.12.07)
Józef Kazimierz Kluz (1972.05.12 – death 1982.12.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Gdańsk (Danzig, Poland) (1972.05.12 – 1982.12.05)
Rafael Eleuterio Rey (1983.04.30 – 1991.12.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Mendoza (
Argentina) (1983.04.30 – 1991.12.18); later Bishop of
Zárate-Campana (Argentina) (1991.12.18 – retired 2006.02.03)
Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm (1992.03.06 – 2005.11.22) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Xuân Lộc (
Vietnam) (1992.03.06 – 2005.11.22); later first Bishop of daughter see
Bà Rịa (Vietnam) (2005.11.22 – retired 2017.05.06)
Christophe Zoa (2006.11.30 – 2008.12.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Yaoundé (
Cameroon) (2006.11.30 – 2008.12.04); later Bishop of
Sangmélima (Cameroon) (2008.12.04 – ...)