Giru Mons is an ancient town of the Roman Empire and a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church.Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church, Volume 3. (Straker, 1843 ) p232. Dictionarium ... ex alijs eiusdem autoris commentarijs: tum ex lexico Latino (1561).Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 466.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 173. The ancient town has been tentatively identified with ruins at Yerroum, northern Algeria.Giru Mons, at www.gcatholic.org
Giru Mons () was the capital of a historic diocese in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis,Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013La sede titolare nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org. which ceased to function in the 7th century during the Islamic expansion, into northern Algeria. The only known ancient bishop of this diocese is Reparatus, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, after which Reparatus was exiled. At present the Catholic bishops are titular.Bishops Titulas Giru Mons at GCatholic.org.
Known bishops Reparatus (fl.484) Donaldo Chávez Núñez Auxiliary Bishop in Managua (Nicaragua) February 15, 1966 – 1979 Antony Selvanayagam Auxiliary Bishop in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 6 March 1980 – 2 July 1983 Stefan Moskwa Auxiliary Bishop in Przemyśl (Poland) 30 November 1983 – 18 October 2004 Giambattista Diquattro Titular archbishop pro hac vice Apostolic Nuncio 2 April 2005
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