Nigizubi was a Roman–Berber town in the province of Numidia. It was located in modern Algeria. Titular Episcopal See of Nigizubi at GCatholic.org. It was also the seat of an ancient bishopric.Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I (Brescia, 1816), p. 239. during the Vandal Kingdom and Roman Empire. Titular Episcopal See of Naratcata, at Gcatholic.org. The exact location of the ancient town is now lost but it was somewhere in north-eastern Algeria.
Bishopric The only known bishop of this diocese was the Donatist bishop, Gaudenzio, who took part in the Council of Carthage (411),Optatus, Sancti Optati Milevitani episcopi Opera cum observationibus et notis (1679). between Catholic and Donatist bishops in Numidia.
The diocese ceased to effectively function following the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century. Today Nigizubi Diocese survives as a titular bishopricStefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa Christiana, Volume I, (Brescia 1816), p. 244Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 467. and the current bishop is Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer, of Sucre.
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