Baia, Numidia


Baia was an ancient city and bishopric in the Roman province of Africa Proconsulare. It is a Roman Catholic titular see.

History

Baia, identified as modern Henchir-Settara or Henchir-El-Hammam in present-day Algeria, was among the many towns that were important enough in the Roman province of Numidia to become a suffragan diocese in the papal sway.
Five of its Catholic Bishops are historically recorded:
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric of Baia / Baianen.
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal rank :