The Diocese of Mina () was a Roman–Berber civitas and Roman Catholic diocese in Mauretania Caesariensis. It is a Catholic Church titular see.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 230.
History
Mina was a civitas of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near Relizane in modern Algeria.entry at www.gcatholic.org. While Mina flourished in late antiquity, it did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
Known bishops Cecilio took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric the Vandal, after which the bishop was exiled. Secondino intervened at the Carthaginian Council of 525. Herman Joseph Meysing, 1929–1951 Joseph Mark McShea 1951–1962 Heinrich Theissing 1963–1988 Carlos Arthur Sevilla 1988–1996 John 'Oke Afareha 1997–2010 Wilfried Theising, auxiliary bishop of Münster 2010–currentMina at catholic-hierarchy.org.
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