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Lares (disambiguation) The Lares are guardian deities in ancient Roman mythology.
Lares or LARES may also refer to:
* Lares, Africa, an Ancient city, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in present Tunisia
* Lares, Puerto Rico, a town in Puerto Rico
* ...
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Lares was a city of
Roman Africa
Roman Africa may refer to the following areas of Northern Africa which were part of the Imperium Romanum and/or the Western/Byzantine successor empires :
; in the unified Roman empire :
* Africa (Roman province), with the great metropolis Cartha ...
, located at modern Henchir Lorbeus,
Tunisia
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Ecclesiastical history
The bishopric of Lares in the Late
Roman province
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of
Africa Proconsularis
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was a
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of its capital
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classi ...
's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but like most was to fade.
The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic
titular bishopric
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in the 18th century, until 1933 also called Lari in Curiate Italian.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank ''with two archiepiscopal (intermediary) exceptions'':
*
Bishop-elect
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Dionisio Francisco Mellado Eguíluz (1716.03.30 – ?)
* Juan Llano Ponte (1769.11.20 – 1791.09.26)
* Tommaso Gallarati Scotti (1794.02.21 – 1804.07.10)
* Domenico Lombardi (1821.08.13 – ?)
* Jules-François Philippe,
Fransalians
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(M.S.F.S.) (1886.08.24 – 1904.04.16)
* Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida (1915.06.14 – 1947.04.01)
* Richard Henry Ackerman,
Holy Ghost Fathers
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, caption = The seal of the Congregation depicting the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Trinity.
, abbreviation ...
(C.S.Sp.) (1956.04.06 – 1960.04.04)
*
Luis Aponte Martinez (1960.07.23 – 1963.04.16) (later Cardinal*)
* Titular Archbishop
Rubén Isaza Restrepo
Monsignor Rubén Isaza Restrepo was the first apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Ibagué, leading it from 1960 to 1964.
Biography
He was, at the time, the youngest bishop in Colombia since he was Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, who began t ...
(1964.01.03 – 1974.10.03)
* Justo Oscar Laguna (1975.02.01 – 1980.01.22)
* Eduardo Ernesto FuentesRuysschaert Duarte (1980.04.09 – 1982.10.18)
* Titular Archbishop
Ambrose Battista De Paoli
Ambrose Battista De Paoli (August 19, 1934 – October 10, 2007) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
De Paoli was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania and was ordained a priest ...
(1983.09.23 – 2007.10.10)
* William Patrick Callahan,
Conventual Franciscans
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Dating back to ...
(O.F.M. Conv.) (2007.10.30 – 2010.06.11)
* Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil (2010.07.14 – 2016.01.04), as first Exarch of the
Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of the United States of America, until promoted first Eparch of St. Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada
See also
*
List of Catholic titular sees
This is the official list of titular sees of the Catholic Church included in the ''Annuario Pontificio''. Archiepiscopal sees are shown in bold.
The Italian-language ''Annuario Pontificio'' devotes some 200 pages to listing these sees, with up to ...
Source and External links
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Catholic titular sees in Africa