The Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine (-Hippone) (, ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.
History
On 25 July 1866, the diocese was established from the Diocese of Algiers as Diocese of Constantine. Its name was changed to the Diocese of Constantine (-Hippone) on 23 September 1867.
Geography
The diocese is located in north eastern Algieria. It includes parishes in Constantine, Annaba, Skikda, Sétif, Béjaïa, Batna, and Tébessa.
Special churches
The current pro-cathedral is the minor basilica Basilique Saint Augustin in Annaba (Hippo). The former cathedral of the diocese is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs in Constantine. The building is now a mosque.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Constantine
Félix-Joseph-François-Barthélemy de Las Cases ( – ) Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert ( – ), appointed Bishop of Marseille, France Prosper Auguste Dusserre ( – ) François-Charles-Marie Gillard ( - ), died without being consecrated Barthélemy Clément Combes ( – ), appointed Archbishop of Carthage Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière ( – ) Jules-Etienne Gazaniol ( – ) Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière ( – ) Amiel-François Bessière ( – ) Emile-Jean-François Thiénard ( – ) Léon-Étienne Duval ( – ), appointed Archbishop of Algiers (Cardinal in 1965) Paul Pierre Pinier ( – ) Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto ( – ) Gabriel Piroird, IdP ( – ) Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. ( - ), appointed Archbishop of Algiers Nicolas Lhernould (9 December 2019–present)