# Augurus

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'''Augurus''' was an ancient city and former [bishopric](/source/bishopric) in [Roman Africa](/source/Diocese_of_Africa), now a [Latin Catholic](/source/Latin_Church) [titular see](/source/titular_see). Its presumed site is at the ruins of Sidi-Tahar and Sidi-Embarec in [Algeria](/source/Algeria).

== History ==
Augurus was important enough in the [Roman province](/source/Roman_province) of [Numidia](/source/Numidia) to become one of its many [suffragan](/source/suffragan) sees, and faded like most.

=== Titular see ===
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin [titular bishopric](/source/titular_bishopric).

It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
* Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, [Marists](/source/Marists) (S.M.) (1961.12.22 – 1966.06.21)
* Victor-Julien-André Gouet (1966.12.30 – 1988.12.15)
* Gilles Lussier (1988.12.23 – 1991.09.07)
* Simon Akwali Okafor (1992.03.06 – 1994.09.09)
* Edwin Michael Conway (1995.01.24 – 2004.08.09)
* João Carlos Petrini (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15)
* José Francisco Falcão de Barros (2011.02.16 – ...), [Auxiliary Bishop](/source/Auxiliary_Bishop) of the [Military Ordinariate of Brazil](/source/Military_Ordinariate_of_Brazil) (Brazil)

== See also ==
*[Catholic Church in Algeria](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Algeria)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0230.htm GCatholic with incumbent bio links]

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