Its only historically documented incumbent, Servus, was among the Catholic bishops convoked to a
Council of Carthage in 484 by king
Huneric of the
Vandal Kingdom, and probably exiled likes his colleagues, unlike their schismatic
Donatist counterparts (none reported for Belesasa) [1]
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin
titular bishopric of Belesasa (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Belesasen(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :
Gaston Hains (1964.08.28 – 1968.10.31), first as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada) (1964.08.28 – 1967.06.13), then as
Coadjutor Bishop of
Amos (Canada) (1967.06.13 – succession 1968.10.31); next Bishop of Amos (1968.10.31 – retired 1978.04.19), died 1986
Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1983.02.10 – 1988.04.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Culiacán (Mexico) (1983.02.10 – 1988.04.28); later Bishop of
Celaya (Mexico) (1988.04.28 – retired 2003.07.26), died 2003
BIOS TO ELABORATE
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1988.06.20 – 1998.03.07)
Joseph Angelo Grech (1998.11.27 – 2001.03.08)
Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika (2001.05.21 – 2019.03.12), Bishop emeritus of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)
Pascual Limachi Ortiz (2019.04.16 – 2021.02.10), Appointed Prelate of Corocoro