Maximiana was important enough in the
Roman province of
Numidia to become one of its Metropolitan's many
suffragan bishoprics, but was to fade. The diocese was nominally restored in 1925 as the
titular bishopric of
Maximiana, renamed in 1933 Maximiana in Numidia. It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank, except a single archiepiscopal (intermediary rank) : • Gustave-Joseph Deswazières (祝福#,
Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1928.02.18 – 1946.04.11) • Enrique María Dubuc Moreno (1947.11.17 – 1962.06.22), as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of
Zaraï (1926.05.25 – 1926.09.26# &
Coadjutor Bishop of
Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1926.05.25 – 1926.09.26), succeeding as Bishop of Barquisimeto (1926.09.26 – 1947.11.17); • Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre (1963.04.23 – 1970.12.22) • Joseph Jean Marie Rozier (1971.05.10 – 1973.04.11) • Titular Archbishop Emilio Benavent Escuín (1977.05.25 – 1998.03.07), as emeritate; previously Titular Bishop of
Cercina (1954.12.06 – 1967.04.07) & Auxiliary Bishop of
Málaga (Spain) (1954.12.06 – 1967.04.07), succeeded ad Bishop of Málaga (1967.04.07 – 1968.08.26), then
Titular Archbishop of
Tiburnia (1968.08.26 – 1974.02.03) & Coadjutor Archbishop of
Granada (Spain) (1968.08.26 – 1974.02.03), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (1974.02.03 – 1977.05.25),
Archbishop Military Vicar of
Spain (Spain) (1977.05.25 – 1982.10.27) • Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti (1999.01.02 – ...),
Auxiliary Bishop of
Fort Portal (Uganda) == See also ==