Roman Empire - Mauretania Caesariensis (125 AD)

The diocese of Caltadria ( la, Dioecesis Caltadriensis, link=no) is a suppressed and

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of the

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. The location of the

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's original cathedra is now lost but it was in today's

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, and is recorded of the

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of Mauretania Caesariensis during

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. The only known bishop of this diocese is Vittore, who took part in the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by the

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King

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, after which Vittore was exiled. Today Caltadria survives as a

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ric and the current bishop is Janusz Ostrowski, of

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, Poland.

Known bishops

* Vittore fl.484 * Josip Mrzljak 1998–2007 * César Daniel Fernandez 2007–2012 * Gregory Bittman 2012–2018Audiences, 27.03.2017
* Janusz Ostrowski 2018–current file:Biskup Josip Mrzljak..jpeg , Biskup Josip Mrzljak.

References

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