Centuria, also known as Centuriensis, was a
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
era
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Numidia,
Roman province of Africa
Africa Proconsularis was a Roman province on the northern African coast that was established in 146 BC following the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, ...
. It has been tentatively identified with ruins near
Ain El Hadjar in
Algeria
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, south of
Saida Saida may refer to:
Places
* Saïda, Algeria, a city in Algeria
* Saïda Province, a province of Algeria
* Saida, Lebanon, the Arabic name for Sidon, a city in Lebanon
* Saida, a village in Helan, Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province, Pakistan
* Sai ...
.
Bishopric
The city was the seat of an ancient
bishopric
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 associate ...
and the current bishop is
Ferenc Cserháti. Known bishops of the town include:
* Quodvultdeus (fl. 402–411) (
Catholic bishop
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attended the
Council of Milevum (402) and
Council of Carthage (411)
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Synod of 251
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*Cresconio
fl. 411) (rival
Donatist
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)
* Gennaro fl.
484
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*
Luis Camargo Pacheco (1622–1665)
*Johann Kaspar Kühner (1664–1685)
*
Andrew Giffard
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(1705 Appointed - Did not take office)
*
John Douglass (10 Sep 1790 appointed – 8 May 1812 died)
*
Myles Prendergast (1818–1844)
*
Antonio Majthényi (1840–1856)
*
St. Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa, (1857 – 1 Nov 1861)
*Thomas McNulty (1864–1866)
*Bonifacio Antonio Toscano (1874–1896)
*Giuseppe Perrachon (18 Dec 1925 – 1944)
*Stanislao Czajka (1944–1965)
*
William Joseph Moran
William Joseph Moran (January 15, 1906 – August 23, 1996) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Biography
Born in San Francisco, California, Moran was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1931, f ...
(1965–1996)
*
Piotr Libera (1996–2007)
*
Ferenc Cserháti (15 Jun 2007 appointed – )
Titular Episcopal See of Centuria
at GCatholic.org.
References
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Archaeological sites in Algeria
Roman towns and cities in Algeria
Ancient Berber cities
Catholic titular sees in Africa