Mibiarca

The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin: Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Catholic Church, in today's Tunisia. It is an ancient episcopal seat of the Late Roman province of Byzacena.

The only known bishop of this African diocese was John, who participated in the anti-monotheistic council of Carthage (641).

Today Mibiarca survives as a titular diocese established in 1933. Its initial bishop was Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, the Prelate of Choluteca in Honduras, who was appointed in 1966. The current titular bishop is Thomas Padiyath, who was appointed in 2022 and who is an auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad in India.

List of Catholic titular bishops of Mibiarca
Name Sui iuris church Appointed Concomitant appointment Term end Notes
Marcelo Gérin y BoulayLatin Church30 Dec 1966Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras29 Aug 1979Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca
Emilio OgñénovichLatin Church1 Oct 1979Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina8 Jun 1982Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
José Oscar Barahona CastilloLatin Church16 Jul 1982Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador6 Jun 1983Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente
Luis Morgan (Aloysius) CaseyLatin Church3 Nov 1983Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia27 Jul 2022Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
Thomas PadiyathSyro-Malabar Church25 Aug 2022Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, Indiapresentincumbent
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