Vegesela in Numidia

Vegesela was an ancient city and former episcopal see in Roman North Africa and remains a Latin Church titular see of the Catholic Church.
Its present location, in Algeria, may be Ksar-Bou-Saïd, Ksar-El-Kelb or Henchir-El-Abiodh.

History

It was among the many cities of sufficient importance in the Roman province of Numidia to become a suffragan diocese under the Pope of Rome, but faded, presumably at the seventh century advent of Islam.
Four of it bishops are historically documented :

According to Church father Augustine of Hippo, the Council of Carthage of 401 deposed the unnamed bishop of Vegesela di Numidia, but that is dubious, possibly happened much earlier, as in 397 the see was occupied by Reginus, who attended the Council of Carthage of 411, among the Catholic bishops, like his schismatic heretic Donatist counterpart Gavinus.
Donatianus, participant of the Council of Carthage of 484, called by king Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, after which he was exiled like most Catholic bishops
Gennarus, who attended the Council of Carthage of 525.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Church titular see of Vegesela in Numidia / Vegeselitan in Numidia
It has had the following incumbents:

Idílio José Soares as emeritate; previously Bishop of Petrolina, Bishop of Santos
Eduardo Larraín Cordovez as emeritate; previously Bishop of Rancagua
Fernando Ramon Prego Casal as Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara ; next succeeded as Bishop of Cienfuegos–Santa Clara, Bishop of daughter see Santa Clara
Moacyr Grechi, Servites as Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus ; later Bishop of Rio Branco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho
Severo Aparicio Quispe, Mercederians as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cusco and as emeritate
Bishop-elect Juarez Delorto Secco, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of (São Sebastião do) Rio de Janeiro .