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The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin: Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and
''Africa christiana''
Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 225. It is an
The diocese of Mibiarca (in Latin: Dioecesis Mibiarcensis) is a suppressed and titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of the Roman Catholic Church
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, in today's Tunisia
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.Stefano Antonio Morcelli''Africa christiana''
Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 225. It is an
ancient
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episcopal seat
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of the province
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of Byzacena
Byzacena (or Byzacium) ( grc, Βυζάκιον, ''Byzakion'') was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis.
History
At the end of the 3rd century AD, the ...
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The only known bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of this Africa
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n diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
was John, who participated in the anti-monotheistic council of Carthage (641)
The Councils of Carthage were church synods held during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries in the city of Carthage in Africa. The most important of these are described below.
Synod of 251
In May 251 a synod, assembled under the presidency of Cypria ...
. Today Mibiarca survives as a titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
ric and its bishop-owner until his death was Luis Morgan Casey, an apostolic vicar emeritus of Pando.
The current titular bishop is Mar Thomas Padiyath, the auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad
References
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