Sita, Mauritania

For namesakes, see Sita (disambiguation)

Sita is a former Ancient city and bishopric in Roman North Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

History

Sita, located somewhere in modern Algeria, was one of many cities important enough in the western part of the Roman province of Mauritania Caesariensis, in the papal sway, to become a suffragan diocese, but like most faded, plausibly at the 7th century advent of Islam.

Its only historically recorded bishops were :

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric of Sita (Latin = Curiate Italian), Latin adjective Siten(sis).

It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :

See also

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