Eguga was a civitas in Africa Proconsulare during the Roman Empire. It was located in present-day Tunisia.
Eguga was also the seat of an ancient Catholic diocese of the same name.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 465 Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 154 It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Carthage. The only bishop mentioned by the sources was Florencio, who took part in the antimonothelite Council of Carthage in 646. Today, Eguga survives as a Latin Church titular see. The most recent titular bishop of Eguga was Gerard William Battersby, who served from 2016 to 2024.
+ List of Latin Catholic titular bishops of Eguga Name Appointed Concomitant appointment Term end Notes Boniface Yang Fujie auxiliary bishop, Canton (Guangzhou), China Died in office Vitus Zhang Zuohuan vicar apostolic, Sinyangchow, China Appointed bishop, Xinyang (Sinyang) vicar apostolic, Rabat, Morocco Appointed archbishop, Rabat Gustave Raballand vicar apostolic, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Resigned April 1962; Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus apostolic administrator, Denpasar, Indonesia Died in office auxiliary bishop, Québec, Canada Died in office auxiliary bishop, Québec, Canada Appointed bishop, Amos, Québec Michael J. Byrnes auxiliary bishop, Detroit, U.S. Appointed coadjutor archbishop, Agaña, Guam Gerard William Battersby auxiliary bishop, Detroit, U.S. Appointed bishop, La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.Sergio Iván Dornelles03 Aug 2024auxiliary bishop, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIn chargeNone
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