Sidi Fredj

Sidi Fredj, known under French rule as Sidi Ferruch, is a coastal town in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located within the territory of the municipality of Staouéli, on a presque-isle on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the site of the ancient city and bishopric Obori, which remains a Catholic titular see.

"Sidi Ferruch" redirects here. For the submarine, see French submarine Sidi Ferruch (Q181).
Sidi Fredj
Sidi Fredj Lighthouse
LocationSidi Fredj, Algeria
Coordinates36°45′54″N 2°50′54″E
Tower
Constructed1970s Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionconcrete Edit this on Wikidata
Height24 m (79 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapesquare building with light atop[1][2]
Markingswhite Edit this on Wikidata
Power sourcemains electricity Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorNational Maritime Signaling Office Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Focal height42 m (138 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl(3) W 12s Edit this on Wikidata

History

Obori was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but faded like most sees in Roman Africa.

Sidi Fredj was the landing spot where the French established their beachhead for the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. A number of ships of the French Navy were subsequently named Sidi Ferruch, the colonial name of the town under French rule, in honour of the event.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as the titular bishopric of Obori (Latin) / Obori (Curiate Italian) / Oboritan(us) (Latin adjective).

It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :[3]

  • James Francis Carney (1966.01.07 – 1969.01.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver (Canada) (1966.01.07 – 1969.01.08), next succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (1969.01.08 – death 1990.09.16)
  • Luigi Zanzottera, Oblates of Saint Joseph (O.S.J.) (1969.03.13 – death 2005.01.18), as Auxiliary Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1969.03.13 – 1970.05.31) and on emeritate
  • Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, Claretians (C.M.F.) (2005.05.21 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras).

See also

References
  1. List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1297.htm GCatholic

36°45′40″N 2°50′38″E


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