Germania in Numidia
# Germania in Numidia

Germania in Numidia is a former ancient city and Roman bishopric and current Latin Catholic titular see. It was in the Roman province of Numidia.

## History

Germania was thought to have been located near modern Ksar-El-Kelb? in present-day Algeria. It was sufficiently important within the Roman province of Numidia to be a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cirta (modern Constantine), but faded.

## Bishopric

### Ancient bishops

A bishopric was established here During the Roman Empire. It stopped functioning in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion. Known bishops include

* Innocence (fl 411)
* Crescenzo (fl. 484)

### Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as a titular see in 1933. It has had the following (near-consecutive) incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks:

* Titular Archbishop Cardinal Augustin Bea, Jesuits (S.J.) (1962.04.05 – 1962.04.20)
* Titular Bishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo (1963.07.25 – 1966.11.21)
* Titular Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J. (1967.06.13 – 1978.05.26)
* Titular Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28), Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28), later Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27)
* Titular Bishop Isaías Duarte Cancino (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18), Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia) (1985.04.10 – 1988.06.18), Bishop of Apartadó (Colombia) (1988.06.18 – 1995.08.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia) (1995.08.19 – 2002.03.16)
* Titular Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender (1990.03.15 – 2022.12.19), Apostolic Nuncio (papal ambassador) emeritus to Germany
