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Arsennaria was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of
Arsennaria was an ancient Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Caesariensis (Latin for "Caesarean Mauretania") was a Roman province located in what is now Algeria in the Maghreb. The full name refers to its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell).
The province had been part of the Kingd ...
in North Africa, and an ancient episcopal see
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of the Roman Catholic Church.
Town Remains
The ruins of the city are tentatively located at Bou-Râs in modern Algeria. (36.334326n, 0.873111e) Arsennaria flourished from 330BC – AD640.Bishopric
The only known bishop of this town fromantiquity
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is Philo, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the Vandal King Huneric, after which Filone was exiled.
Although the diocese did not survive past the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, Arsennaria survives today as a titular bishopric, and the current titular bishop is Joseph Bùi Công Trác
Joseph Bùi Công Trác (Vietnamese: Giuse Bùi Công Trác) is a Vietnamese prelate. He was ordained a priest in 1999 and was appointed Rector of Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Sài Gòn by Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc in 2016 and remains ...
, auxiliary bishop of Hồ Chi Minh City.
References
Catholic titular sees in Africa Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis Ancient Berber cities {{Algiers-geo-stub