Sita, Mauritania
Titular see
Titular see
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The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin [Titular bishopric](/wiki/Titular_bishopric "Titular bishopric") of Sita (Latin \= Curiate Italian), Latin adjective Siten(sis).

It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank:
* Christian Herman Winkelmann (1933\.09\.13 – 1939\.12\.27\) as [Auxiliary Bishop](/wiki/Auxiliary_Bishop "Auxiliary Bishop") of [Archdiocese of Saint Louis](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Saint_Louis "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis") (USA) (1933\.09\.13 – 1939\.12\.27\), later Bishop of [Wichita](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Wichita "Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita") (USA) (1939\.12\.27 – death 1946\.11\.19\)
* Joseph O’Brien (1940\.03\.19 – 1945\.04\.07\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Diocese of Hartford](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Hartford "Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford") (USA) (1940\.03\.19 – 1945\.04\.07\), succeeding as last suffragan Bishop of Hartford (USA) (1945\.04\.07 – 1953\.08\.06\), (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of [Hartford](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Hartford "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford") (1953\.08\.06 – retired 1968\.11\.20\), emeritate as [Titular Archbishop](/wiki/Titular_Archbishop "Titular Archbishop") of [Uthina](/wiki/Uthina "Uthina") (1968\.11\.20 – 1971\.01\.05\); died 1976
* Daniel Joseph Feeney (1946\.06\.22 – 1955\.09\.09\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Portland in Maine](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Portland_in_Maine "Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in Maine") (USA) (1946\.06\.22 – 1952\.03\.04\); later [Coadjutor Bishop](/wiki/Coadjutor_Bishop "Coadjutor Bishop") of Portland in Maine (1952\.03\.04 – 1955\.09\.09\), succeeding as Bishop of Portland in Maine (1955\.09\.09 – death 1969\.09\.15\)
* Alexander Carter (1956\.12\.10 – 1958\.11\.22\) as Coadjutor Bishop of [Sault Sainte Marie](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Sault_Sainte_Marie%2C_Ontario "Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario") ([Canada](/wiki/Canada "Canada")) (1956\.12\.10 – 1958\.11\.22\); next succeeded as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (1958\.11\.22 – retired 1985\.05\.03\), also President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1967 – 1970\); died 2002
* Angelo Zambarbieri (1959\.03\.12 – 1960\.05\.06\) as Coadjutor Bishop of [Guastalla](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Guastalla "Roman Catholic Diocese of Guastalla") (Italy) (1959\.03\.12 – 1960\.05\.06\), next succeeding as Bishop of Guastalla (1960\.05\.06 – death 1970\.08\.15\)
* James Ward (1960\.07\.02 – 1973\.10\.21\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Archdiocese of Glasgow](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Glasgow "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow") ([Scotland](/wiki/Scotland "Scotland"), UK) (1960\.07\.02 – death 1973\.10\.21\)
* Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1974\.02\.09 – 1982\.04\.29\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Archdiocese of Santiago](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Santiago "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago") ([Chile](/wiki/Chile "Chile")) (1974\.02\.09 – death 1982\.04\.29\); previously Titular Bishop of [Columnata](/wiki/Columnata "Columnata") (1963\.03\.04 – 1965\.06\.07\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Talca](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Talca "Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca") (Chile) (1963\.03\.04 – 1965\.06\.07\), Bishop of [San Felipe](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_San_Felipe%2C_Chile "Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile") (Chile) (1965\.06\.07 – resigned 1974\.02\.09\)
* José Palmeira Lessa (1982\.06\.21 – 1987\.10\.30\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Archdiocese of (São Sebastião do) Rio de Janeiro](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_do_Rio_de_Janeiro "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro") ([Brazil](/wiki/Brazil "Brazil")) (1982\.06\.21 – 1987\.10\.30\); next Bishop of [Propriá](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Propri%C3%A1 "Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá") (Brazil) (1987\.10\.30 – 1996\.12\.06\), Coadjutor Archbishop of [Aracaju](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Aracaju "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju") (Brazil) (1996\.12\.06 – 1998\.08\.26\) succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (1998\.08\.26 – 2017\.01\.18\)
* Moacyr José Vitti, [Stigmatines](/wiki/Stigmatines "Stigmatines") (C.S.S.) (1987\.11\.12 – 2002\.05\.15\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Archdiocese of Curitiba](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Curitiba "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba") (Brazil) (1987\.11\.12 – 2002\.05\.15\), next Bishop of [Piracicaba](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Piracicaba "Roman Catholic Diocese of Piracicaba") (Brazil) (2002\.05\.15 – 2004\.05\.19\), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Curitiba (2004\.05\.19 – death 2014\.06\.26\)
* Štefan Sečka (2002\.06\.28 – 2011\.08\.04\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Diocese of Spiš](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Spi%C5%A1 "Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš") ([Slovakia](/wiki/Slovakia "Slovakia")) (2002\.06\.28 – 2011\.08\.04\), succeeding as Bishop of Spiš (2011\.08\.04 – ...)
* Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (2011\.12\.21 – 2015\.03\.04\) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Archdiocese of Vitória](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Vit%C3%B3ria "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória") ([Brazil](/wiki/Brazil "Brazil")) (2011\.12\.21 – 2015\.03\.04\), also [Apostolic Administrator](/wiki/Apostolic_Administrator "Apostolic Administrator") of [Diocese of Colatina](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Colatina "Roman Catholic Diocese of Colatina") (Brazil) (2014\.05\.14 – 2015\.03\.04\), succeeding as Bishop of Colatina (2015\.03\.04 – ...)
* Udo Markus Bentz (2015\.07\.15 – ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Diocese of Mainz](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Mainz "Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz") (western [Germany](/wiki/Germany "Germany")), nor previous prelature


Why is it difficult to be an Auxiliary Bishop in Archdiocese of Vitória?