Ubaza was among the many towns in the
Roman province of
Numidia that were important enough to become a
suffragan bishopric, but faded. Its present location is in modern Terrebaza,
Algeria.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1928 as Latin
titular bishopric of Ubaza (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Ubazen(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank:
Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester,
Jesuits (S.J.) (4 March 1931 – 1 January 1955) as last
Apostolic Vicar of
Salisbury (the (Southern)
Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) (4 March 1931 – 1 January 1955), later first Metropolitan Archbishop of
Salisbury (now Harare,
Zimbabwe) (1 January 1955 – 23 November 1956), emeritate as
Titular Archbishop of
Velebusdus (23 November 1956 – death 24 October 1962)
Eduardo Herrera Riera (31 October 1970 – 5 July 1994) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (
Venezuela) (31 October 1970 – 5 July 1994); previously Titular Bishop of Sesta (7 January 1965 – 30 November 1966) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Cumaná (Venezuela) (7 January 1965 – 30 November 1966), Bishop of
Guanare (Venezuela) (30 November 1966 – 31 October 1970); later Bishop of
Carora (Venezuela) (5 July 1994 – retired 5 December 2003), died 2012
Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia, 1816, pp. 347–348
J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, Paris, 1912, p. 383
H. Jaubert, Anciens évêchés et ruines chrétiennes de la Numidie et de la Sitifienne, in Recueil des Notices et Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine, vol. 46, 1913, pp. 103–104