Titular Episcopal See of Calama, Algeria 🇩🇿

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Calama (latine) / Calama (Italiano) / Calamen(sis) (Latin)

Location: Guelma, pr. Numidia, Algeria

History

300?: Established as Diocese of Calama (latine) / Calama (Italiano) / Calamen(sis) (Latin)
500?: Suppressed
1500?: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Calama (latine) / Calama (Italiano) / Calamen(sis) (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2025.11.11 – ...):

Bishop John Kwamevi Cudjoe, S.V.D. (50)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Calama (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Possidius of Calama
(397 – 437?)

Feast:

05.16

Bishop of Calama (Algeria) (397 – 437?)

Bishop.

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Paulo Alves Romão (61) (2016.12.07 – 2025.08.20)
Titular Bishop: Bishop José Daniel Falla Robles (2009.04.15 – 2016.06.29)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Jožef Kvas (1983.05.13 – 2005.12.29)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Jean Hengen (later Archbishop) (1967.04.08 – 1971.02.13)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Henri Gufflet (1959.12.16 – 1966.04.07)
Titular Bishop: Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I. (1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Eugenio Lebouille (劉士杰), C.M. (1948.03.06 – 1957.05.27)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Martino Chiolino (林棟臣), P.I.M.E. (1921.03.10 – 1948.04.19)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. (1886.05.21 – 1921.01.15)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Aloysius Mary of St. Teresa Fortini, O.C.D. (1837.08.08 – 1848.01.05)
Titular Bishop: Archbishop Clemens August Droste zu Vischering (1827.04.09 – 1836.02.01)
Titular Bishop: Bishop José Calixto de Oríhuela, O.E.S.A. (1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Adrian Butrymowicz, O.S.B.M. (1792.01.13 – 1819.03.29)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Charles of St. Conrad Vareschi, O.C.D. (1764.09.14 – 1785.01.06)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P. (1690.01.11 – 1718.05.16)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Andreas Ridolfi, O.F.M. Conv. (1663.02.12 – 1677.04.15)
Titular Bishop: Blessed Bishop Terence Albert O’Brien (Toirdhealbhach Albert Ó Briain), O.P. (1647.03.11 – 1651.10.30)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Edmund O’Dwyer (1645.02.06 – 1646.05.23)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Jerónimo de Carrerio, O.E.S.A. (1598.03.11 – 1599)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Diego da Conceição de Araújo, O.E.S.A. (1595.11.13 – 1597?)