Diocese of Iunka Bizatenskaya ( Latin: Dioecesis Iuncensis in Byzacena ) - the titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
| Diocese of Iunka Bizatenskaya | |
|---|---|
| Dioecesis Iuncensis in Byzacena | |
 Province of Africa (highlighted in dark), Roman Empire | |
| A country | |
| Established | titular diocese since 1933 |
History
The ancient city of Junkka, identified today with the archaeological site of Ounga, which are located on the territory of today's Tunisia , was located in the Roman province of Africa . In the first centuries of Christianity, Junk was the center of the eponymous diocese, which is mentioned in the "Notitia Episcopatuum" .
Since 1933, the Diocese of Timida has been the titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ordinaries of the diocese
- Bishop Valentinian (mentioned in 411) - a follower of donatism ;
- Bishop Tertullius (mentioned in 484);
- Bishop Verekondiy (mentioned in 533);
- Bishop Numidius (mentioned in 641).
Titular Bishops
- Bishop Marcel Roger Beuys OFMCap [1] (03/12/1967 - 8/01/1971);
- Bishop Ephraim Silas Obot (06/28/1971 - 12/17/1977) - appointed bishop of Ida ;
- Bishop Vital João Geraldo Wilderink OCarm (06/05/1978 - 04/21/1980) - appointed bishop of Itaguai ;
- Bishop Lino Vomboemmel OFM (05/25/1981 - 06/09/1983);
- Bishop of Thadeu Gomes Canellas (11/19/1983 - 10/11/1999) - appointed Bishop of Osoriu ;
- Bishop of Manuel Parrado Carral (3.01.2001 - 01.01.2008) - appointed bishop of San Miguel Paulista ;
- Bishop Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia 914.02.2008 - present).
Notes
- ↑ see Abbreviations of Catholic Male Monastic Orders and Congregations
Source
- Annuario Pontificio , Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, p. 828, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae , Leipzig 1931, p. 466 (lat.)
- Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana , Volume I, Brescia 1816, pp. 192-193 (lat.)
- J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne , Paris 1912, pp. 129-130 (English )
- Duval Noël, L'évêque et la cathédrale en Afrique du Nord , in Actes du XIe congrès international d'archéologie chrétienne , École Française de Rome, 1989, pp. 397–398
- Hieroclis Synecdemus et notitiae graecae episcopatuum, accedunt Nili Doxapatrii notitia patriarchatuum et locorum nomina immutata, ex recognitione Gustavi Parthey , Berlin 1866, p. 78 (lat.)