Vannida Soukpanhya
The diocese of Vannida la, Dioecesis Vannidensis, link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It was centered on the Classical antiquity, ancient civitas, Roman town of Vannida, in what is today Algeria, is an ancient episcopal seat of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. The only known bishop of this diocese was Rogaziano, who took part in the Council of Carthage (484), synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which Rogaziano was exiled. Today Vannida survives as a titular bishopric and the current archbishop is Félix del Blanco Prieto. References

Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis Ancient Berber cities {{Algiers-geo-stub ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Titular See
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbishop" (intermediary rank) or "titular bishop" (lowest rank), which normally goes by the status conferred on the titular see. Titular sees are dioceses that no longer functionally exist, often because the territory was conquered by Muslims or because it is schismatic. The Greek–Turkish population exchange of 1923 also contributed to titular sees. The see of Maximianoupolis along with the town that shared its name was destroyed by the Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan in 1207; the town and the see were under the control of the Latin Empire, which took Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Parthenia, in north Africa, was abandoned and swallowed by desert sand. Catholic Church During the Muslim conquests of the Middle Eas ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]