Roman Empire - Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)

The diocese of Cene ( la, Dioecesis Cenensis, link=no) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Cenae, identifiable with the island of

Kneiss Kneiss ( ar, أرخبيل الكنائس ) is an archipelago of small Islands in the Gulf of Gabes, located a few kilometers offshore of Tunisia, about 50 km south of Sfax. Their names comes from the plural form of the word ''knissa'' ( hri ...

in today's Tunisia, are an ancient bishopric 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 ...

. There are only two bishops, Bonifacio and Vindemio, who took part in the 411 Carthaginian conference, which saw the Catholic baptists and donatists of Africa together. In the life of Saint Fulgenzio (6th century), the monk Ferrandus remembers that the saint retired to a monastery on the island. Archaeological excavations conducted in 1941 brought to light evidence and finds identifiable with this monastery. Today the diocese survives as a titular see, and the current bishop is Sergi Gordo Rodríguez, auxiliary bishop of Barcelona.

Known bishops

* Bonifacio (fl.411) * Vindemio (fl.411) ( Donatist) * Antoon van Oorschoot (1949–1953) * John Joseph Scanlan (1954–1968) * John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1968–1971) *

John Robert Roach John Robert Roach (July 31, 1921 – July 11, 2003) was an American cleric of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1975 to 1995. Biography John Roach was born in Prior Lake, Minnesota, ...

(1971–1975) *

Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

(1975–1981) * José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (1982–1987) * Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab (1987–1995) *

Amancio Escapa Aparicio Amancio Escapa Aparicio Discalced Carmelites, O.C.D. (30 March 1938 – 5 May 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Spain, Escapa Aparicio was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as titular bishop of Cenae and as auxiliary bisho ...

(1996–2017) * Sergi Gordo Rodríguez (2017–current)La sede titolare
nel sito di www.catholic-hierarchy.org

References

Roman towns and cities in Mauretania Caesariensis Catholic titular sees in Africa Ancient Berber cities {{Algiers-geo-stub