Quaestoriana (also spelled Quæstoriana) was an ancient ''

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'' (town) and bishopric in

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Byzacena(

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). Quaestoriana is also a suppressed and

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of the province of Byzacena (North Africa) in the

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. The current

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. Its present location is in modern

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History

The exact location of the town is now lost to history though we do know it was a

of the

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of Byzacena.

Ancient Bishopric

Quaestoriana was important enough in the Late

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of Byzacena to become one of the many

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s of its capital

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(

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)'s Metropolitan Archbishopric but, like most, was to fade. The diocese of Questoriana was in the

of Byzacena. There are two documented bishops of this diocese: * Vittoriano, who took part in the synod gathered in conference of 484 in

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that was called by the Vandal king Huneric, following which he was exiled; *Stefano (called from the Beatus sources Stephanus, spes in Deo), who intervened at the Antimonotelite Council of Carthage in 641.

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored as titular bishopric in 1933. It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank, ''except the archiepiscopal first'': *Titular Archbishop Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert,

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(O.F.M.) (1967.04.13 – 1968.01.15) as

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(

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) (1967.04.13 – 1968.01.15), succeeded as Archbishop of Rabat (1968.01.15 – 1982.07.17), later

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of Perpignan–Elne (France) (1982.07.17 – 1996.01.16) * Joseph A. Carroll (1968.10.04 – death 1992.02.29), as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Ireland) (1968.10.04 – 1989.06.15) and as emeritatus * Michael Neary (1992.05.20 – 1995.01.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (

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) (1995.01.17 – ...) *

(1996 – ...), O.F.M., Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Galápagos (

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)entry at
www.catholic-hierarchy.org

References

External links

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