Ziama Mansouriah


Ziama Mansouriah is a town and commune in Jijel Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,642.

History

In Roman times, the Ancient city was called Cova and belonged to the Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis.
It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric. Bishop Maximus of Cova was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.

Titular see of Cova

No longer a residential bishopric, Cova is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
The ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, the lowest class, and since had the following near-consecutive incumbents :