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 Boulay Latin Church 30 Dec 1966 Prelate of Choluteca, Honduras 29 Aug 1979 Appointed, Bishop of Choluteca
Emilio Ogñénovich Latin Church 1 Oct 1979 Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina 8 Jun 1982 Appointed, Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
José Oscar Barahona Castillo Latin Church 16 Jul 1982 Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador 6 Jun 1983 Appointed, Bishop of San Vicente
Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey Latin Church 3 Nov 1983 Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia 27 Jul 2022 Died in office as Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
Thomas Padiyath Syro-Malabar Church 25 Aug 2022 Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad, India present incumbent
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