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Vinda (see)
Vinda was an Ancient city and bishopric in North Africa and is now a Latin Catholic titular see. History Vinda was a city in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis, near modern Henchir-Bandou in present Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , .... It was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolitan in the provincial capital, Carthage (episcopal see), Carthage. Titular see The diocese was nominally restored in 1928 as a Latin Catholic titular see. It has had the following incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks : * Titular Bishop Edgard Aristide Maranta, Capuchin Friars Minor (O.F.M. Cap.) (1930.03.27 – 1953.03.25), Apostolic Vicar of Apostolic Vicariate of Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam (Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Province
The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor. For centuries it was the largest administrative unit of the foreign possessions of ancient Rome. With the administrative reform initiated by Diocletian, it became a third level administrative subdivision of the Roman Empire, or rather a subdivision of the imperial dioceses (in turn subdivisions of the imperial prefectures). Terminology The English word ''province'' comes from the Latin word ''provincia''. In early Republican times, the term was used as a common designation for any task or set of responsibilities assigned by the Roman Senate to an individual who held ''imperium'' (right of command), which was often a military command within a specified theatre of operations. In time, the term became t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
