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[[File:Mileve Hippo Thagaste in Numidia.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Region around Thiava]]
'''Thiava''' was an ancient [[Roman Empire|Roman]]-[[Berbers|Berber]] civitas in [[Numidia]], [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa Proconsulare]] and in the [[Vandal Kingdom]]. It was a [[Latin Catholic]] [[diocese]].
== History ==
It was located near [[Thagaste]] to the south of [[Hippo Regius|Hippo]], in the high valley of the [[Medjerda]],<ref>Mark Vessey, ''A Companion to Augustine'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2015) p 134.</ref> in the [[Roman province]] of [[Numidia]]. The site is near modern near [[Annaba]] and Souk-Ahras, in [[Algeria]]. It was noted from 300–640AD.
The town was seat of a [[bishopric]] under Hippo.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3t03.html Thiava] at catholic-hierarchy.org</ref>
Thiava was notable for being almost completely [[Donatist]] (heretical) in its religion.<ref>François Decret, ''Early Christianity in North Africa'' (James Clarke & Co, 2011) p122.</ref> It was the site of a conflict with the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Archbishop]] of [[Carthage]], the [[church father]] [[Saint Augustine]].
The town became a center of the [[Donatist controversy]] when [[Donatus Magnus]] visited the town.<ref>Serge Lancel, ''Saint [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]]'', (Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd, 2002) p314.</ref>
The city had been [[Donatist]]<ref>''The Ecclesiastical History of M. L'abbe Fleury, from A.D. 400 to A.D. 429'' (J.H. Parker, 1843)</ref><ref>John Henry Parker, ''Ecclesiastical History from A.D. 400 to 456 with Notes'', Volume 1 (Oxford, 1843) p166</ref> but was returned to the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] fold by [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]] in the 390s.
The first bishop of the town was Honoratus, a childhood friend of Augustine who had appointed him. Honoratus had been a monk at nearby [[Thagaste]].
In 402, Honoratus died in Thiava. As he had been a monk at both Thagaste and Thiava and his personal assets were large, there arose a dispute between Thiava and [[Alypius of Thagaste]]<ref>Serge Lancel, ''Saint Augustine'', (Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd, 2002) p314.</ref> It was becoming custom for monks to give their assets to the order where they became a monk and so Alypius felt the estate should go to his order.<ref>''The Ecclesiastical History of M. L'abbe Fleury'', from A.D. 400 to A.D. 429 (J.H. Parker, 1843)</ref>
Augustine eventually decided the matter in favor of Thiava<ref>David Johnston, ''The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015) p111.</ref> but held that in future intestate estate  of clergy be decided by the [[Roman civil law]]. This was an interesting outcome given his confections to Thagaste.
Christian rule ended in the 7th century with the spread of Islam.
== Titular see ==
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin Catholic [[titular bishopric]] under the names of Thiava (Latin), adjective  Thiaven(sis)/ Tiava (Curiate Italian).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1774.htm|title=Titular See of Thiava, Algeria|work=GCatholic|access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref>
* Ignace Ramarosandratana (1939.05.25 – 1955.09.14) as last [[Apostolic Vicar]] of [[Apostolic Vicariate of Miarinarivo|Miarinarivo]] ([[Madagascar]]) (1939.05.25 – 1955.09.14), later (see) promoted first Bishop of Miarinarivo (1955.09.14 – death 1957.09.01)
* José Pedro da Silva (1956.07.30 – 1965.02.13) as [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Patriarchate of Lisboa]] (Portugal) (1956.07.30 – 1965.02.13), later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Viseu|Viseu]] (Portugal) (1965.02.13 – retired 1988.09.14), died 2000
* Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge (1965.05.19 – 1968.04.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon|Archdiocese of Avignon]] (southern France) (1965.05.19 – 1968.04.25), next [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Curubis (titular see)|Curubis]] (1968.04.25 – 1970.06.25) as [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of Avignon (France) (1968.04.25 – 1970.06.25), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Avignon (1970.06.25 – retired 1978.04.25); died 1993
* [[Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki]] (1968.10.30 – death 1968.12.10) on emeritate, previously Titular Bishop of [[Peltæ]] (1937.12.13 – 1950.03.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit|Archdiocese of Detroit]] (USA) (1937.12.13 – 1950.03.28) and Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw|Saginaw]] (USA) (1950.03.28 – retired 1968.10.30)
* [[Dermot Patrick O’Mahony]] (1975.02.13 – death 2015.12.10) as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Archdiocese of Dublin]] (Ireland) (1975.02.13 – retired 1996.06.07) and on emeritate
* Hélio Pereira dos Santos (2016.04.27 – ...), as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia|Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia]] (Brazil), no previous prelature.
== See also ==
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in Algeria]]
== References ==
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== Sources and external links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1774.htm GCatholic]
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