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Cabarsussi, was an
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(municipality) and bishopric in the
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of
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), that is tentatively identifiable with ruins at
Drâa-Bellouan Drâa-Bellouan is a town in modern Tunisia. Drâa-Bellouan was known during the Roman Empire as Cabarsussi a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the ...
in modern
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. The current
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is Terence Robert Curtin, auxiliary bishop of
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. Cabarsussi was the seat of an ancient diocese of which remains only the name as quasi-diocesan title, which may be granted to a pre-diocesan prelate, an
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or coadjutor bishop etc.


History

:TO ELABORATE The bishopric at Cabarsussi was established in 393 by a council of
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dissidents, who followed
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. The diocese was firmly Donatist in its churchmanship. Cabarsussi was the site of a
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in 393 called by a council of dissident
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s, held on 24 June 393 who
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d their
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Primianus, the Donatist
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, in favor of
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. This council was hosted by Cabarsussi Bishop, Donato the first bishop of the newly created bishopric. Another Donatist, Marciano, attended the
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411, as a strong hold of Donatism the town had no Catholic bishops at this time. In the 6th century, Bishop Theodore, was mentioned by
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in his ''Chronicle of the history of the world''; as a defender of the Three Chapters, Theodore was exiled to Constantinople, where he died the same day of the death of Justinian. Finally, the last known bishop of Cabarsussi is Mustolo, who took part in the anti- monothetalism Council of Carthage of 641. ;''Residential Suffragan Bishops'' *Donatus ( fl 393) (
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) *Marcianus (fl 411) (Donatist) *Theodorus (13 November 565) *Mustolus (fl 641)


Titular see

The diocese of Cabarsussi was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin
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of Cabarsussi (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Cabarsussitan(us) (Latin adjective) Titular Episcopal See of Cabarsussi
at gcatholic.org. It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank : * Gabriel Kihimbare (1964.09.29 – death? 1964.12.15) as Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Gitega (1964.09.29 – 1964.12.15) * Joseph Blomjous,
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(M. Afr.) (1965.10.15 – resigned 1977.05.13) on emeritate, died 1992; previously Titular Bishop of
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(1946.04.11 – 1950.06.27) as
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of Musoma-Maswa (
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) (1946.04.11 – 1950.06.24), Apostolic Vicar of
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(Tanzania) (1950.06.25 – 1953.03.25), Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Maswa (Tanzania) (1950.06.27 – 1953.03.25), Bishop of
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(Tanzania) (1953.03.25 – retired 1965.10.15) * Arnaldo Clemente Canale (1977.06.10 – death 1990.07.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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) (1977.06.10 – 1990.07.30) *
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith ( Sinhala: පටබැඳිගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් මැල්කම් රංජිත්) (born 15 November 1947), often known simply as Malcolm Ranjith or Albert Malcolm Ranjith is a ...
(1991.06.17 – 1995.11.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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) (1991.06.17 – 1995.11.02); later Bishop of
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(Sri Lanka) (1995.11.02 – 2001.10.01),
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of
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(2004.04.29 – 2009.06.16) as papal diplomat :
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(2005.12.10 – 2009.06.16), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Colombo (Sri Lanka) (2009.06.16 – ...), President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (2010.04 – ...), created
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of
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(2010.11.20 011.02.13– ...) * José María Pinheiro (1997.02.12 – 2005.03.09), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Guajará-Mirim (
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) (1997.02.12 – 2003.08.06), then as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(Brazil) (2003.08.06 – 2005.03.09); later Bishop of
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(Brazil) (2005.03.09 – retired 2009.09.16) * Joaquim Justino Carreira (2005.03.24 – 2011.11.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(Brazil) (2005.03.24 – 2011.11.23); later Bishop of
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(Portugal) (2014.07.04 – ...) * Terence Robert Curtin (French) (2014.07.04 - ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of
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See also

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List of Catholic dioceses in Tunisia The Catholic Church in Tunisia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Dioceses The Catholic church in Tunisia presently comprises only a single Latin archbishopric, in the national capital T ...


References

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