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Autenti (Latin: Rite Autentensis) was a
Autenti (Latin: Rite Autentensis) was a Roman
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*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
– Berber civitas and bishopric in Africa Proconsularis
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. It was a diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the Roman Catholic Church
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Autenti was a civitas of the Roman province
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of Byzacena
Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
History
At the end of the 3rd century AD, t ...
, the ruins of which are situated between Sbeitla
Sbeitla or Sufetula ( ber, Sbitla or Seftula, ar, سبيطلة ') is a small town in west-central Tunisia. Nearby are the Byzantine ruins of Sufetula, containing the best preserved Byzantine forum temples in Tunisia. It was the entry point of the ...
and Thyna
Thyna, formerly Henchir-Tina, is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,635.Tunisia
)
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. The town was the seat of an ancient episcopal see.
There are two known bishops of Autenti.
*Hortensius was among the Catholic bishops summoned to Carthage in 484 by Vandal
The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century.
The Vandals migrated to the area betw ...
king Huneric
Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was m ...
.
*The second is Optatus Dei gratia episcopus Ecclesiae Sanctae Autentensis, who was one of the signatories of the letter addressed by the bishops of Byzacena in 646 Emperor Constans II.Mansi, ''Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio'', t. X, col. 927.
Both these bishops are from late antiquity
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with no references to the diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
during the great councils of the 4th century indicating that the bishopric may have been of late establishment.
Today Autenti survives as titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
ric and the current bishop is Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, of Peru
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.
Bishops
*Ortensio ( fl. 484) *Optato (fl. 641) * José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff (1964–1992) *Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago (October 7, 1941 – April 21, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained in 1970 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo, Ecuador, Vera Intriago was named auxiliary bishop of the Portoviejo Archdioces ...
(1992–2014)
* Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori (2014–current)
References
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