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Siccenna was a
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and episcopal see in the
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of
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in what is today northern
Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...
, which is now a Latin Catholic
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.


History

Siccenna was also the seat of an ancient episcopal see, one of many suffragans of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of
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 cla ...
. The only known Roman era
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of this
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was the African
Donatist Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and the ...
Ciprian, who participated in the
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, the city at that time had no Catholic bishops.


Titular see

In 1933, Siccenna was nominally restored as Latin
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ric of diocesan rank. Incumbents were, nearly consecutively, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest)rank, ''with an archiepiscopal exception'': * Fortunato Zoppas (1964.11.25 – death 1969.08.05) as emeritate; previously Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani (Italy) (1952.04.26 – 1964.11.25) * Alois Wagner (''later Titular Archbishop, see below'') (1969.09.01 – 1992.10.01), as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(
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) (1969.09.01 – 1981.10.12) and Vice-President of
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(1981.10.12 – 1999.07.08) * ''Titular Archbishop'': Alois Wagner (1992.10.01 – 1999.07.08, retired; died 2002.02.26 ), as Vice-President of
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(''see above'' – 1999.07.08) and Permanent Observer (multilateral ambassador) to
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(FAO) (1992 – 1999.07.08) * Earl Alfred Boyea (2002.07.22 – 2008.02.27), as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(USA) (2002.07.22 – 2008.02.27); later Bishop of
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(USA) (2008.02.27 – ...) * Taras Senkiv, Order of Minims (O.M.) (2008.05.22 – 2014.04.02), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Eparchy of Stryj of the Ukrainians (
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) (2008.05.22 – 2010.01.20), thereafter on the same see as
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''sede plena'' of Stryj of the Ukrainians (2010.01.20 – 2011.03.24) and Apostolic Administrator of Stryj of the Ukrainians (2011.03.24 – 2014.04.02), later promoted Bishop of Stryj of the Ukrainians (2014.04.02 – ...) * Joseph Koerber,
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(C.S.Sp.) (born France) (2014.07.11 – ...), as first (see promoted)
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of
Makokou Makokou is the regional capital of the Ogooué-Ivindo province in Gabon. Its coordinates are . Its altitude is 308 m. Its population in 2004 is around 16,600. The city lies on the Ivindo River and the N4 road. It grew around iron ore mini ...
(
Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
) (2014.07.11 – ...); previously only Apostolic Prefect of
Makokou Makokou is the regional capital of the Ogooué-Ivindo province in Gabon. Its coordinates are . Its altitude is 308 m. Its population in 2004 is around 16,600. The city lies on the Ivindo River and the N4 road. It grew around iron ore mini ...
(Gabon) (2003.03.07 – 2014.07.11)Siccenna
at www.gcatholic.org .


See also

* List of Catholic dioceses in Tunisia


References


Sources and external links


GCatholic
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