Commune and town in Jijel Province, Algeria
Ziama Mansouria is a town and commune in Jijel Province , Algeria . According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,642.[ 1]
History
In Roman times, the Ancient city was called Cova or Choba and belonged to the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis .
It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric. Bishop Maximus of Cova was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Titular see of Cova
No longer a residential bishopric, Cova is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see .[ 5]
The ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, the lowest class, and since had the following near-consecutive incumbents :
References
^ Statoids ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana
^ J. Ferron, v. Coviensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques
^ H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine , vol. 46, 1913, pp. 115-116
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1 ), p. 875
Source and External links
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