Garba (see) explained

The diocese of Garba (la|Dioecesis Garbensis|link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[1]

History

During the Vandal Kingdom and the Roman Empire, Garba, was a civitas of the Roman province of Numidia, that is identifiable with the ruins at Aïn-Garb in today's Algeria.^[2] The town of Garba was also the seat of an ancient Christian episcopal seat.^{[3] [4]}

There are three Bishops of Garba known to history.

• Bishop Victor the Donatist took part in the Council of Cirta in 305;
• At the Conference of Carthage of 411 between the Catholic and Donatist the town was represented by the Donatist Felix, who had no Catholic counterpart.
• Another Felix, this time a Catholic participated in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, Felix was then exiled at the end of the council.

Today Garba survives only as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is Mark S. Edwards, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2g11.html Garba
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0830.htm Garba
3. [Pius Bonifacius Gams]
4. Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 165.
5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2g11.html Garba