Ziama Mansouriah

Ziama Mansouriah
زيامة منصورية
Commune and town

Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province
Ziama Mansouriah

Location of Ziama Mansouriah in the Jijel Province

Coordinates: DZ 36°40′25″N 5°28′5″E / 36.67361°N 5.46806°E / 36.67361; 5.46806
Country  Algeria
Province Jijel Province
Population (2008)
 • Total 12,642
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Ziama Mansouriah 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 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

  1. ↑ Statoids
  2. ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 145
  3. ↑ J. Ferron, v. Coviensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, Parigi 1956, col. 1002
  4. ↑ H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne, in Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, pp. 115-116
  5. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 875

Coordinates: 36°40′N 5°29′E / 36.667°N 5.483°E / 36.667; 5.483

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