The Diocese of Mina (Latin: Dioecesis Minensis) was a RomanBerber civitas and Roman Catholic diocese in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is a Catholic Church titular see.[1][2]

History

Mina was a civitas of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Relizane in modern Algeria.[3] While Mina flourished in late antiquity, it did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

Known bishops

References

  1. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  2. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 230.
  3. entry at www.gcatholic.org.
  4. Mina at catholic-hierarchy.org.
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