Bapara, Mauritania, was an Ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 464.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 97.Auguste Audollent, v. Baparensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, 1932, col. 522.
Bishopric The Titular Episcopal See of Bapara is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013 The current bishop is Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc, of the Philippines. Titular Episcopal See of Bapara, GCatholic.org. The original seat of the diocese has been lost to history although it was in Mauretania Caesariensis and is generally assumed to have been near the promontory Ksila, on the Mediterranean coastline of Algeria. Titular Episcopal See of Bapara, GCatholic.org.
Known bishops Bishop Jacob Barnabas Aerath 2007–2015 Richard Joseph Garcia 1998–2006 Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo 1995–1997 Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte 1952–1995 Vincemalus (fl484)Patrologia latina, t. LVIII, coll. 174 e 346.
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