The Titular Bishopric of Vita (Vitensis) was a Roman–

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civitas in Africa Proconsularis. It is a former

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diocese and Latin Catholic titular see. The name 'Vita' means ''life''.

History

The ancient city of Vita's location is identified with the ruins of ''Beni-Derraj'' in modern Tunisia. It was important enough in the late Roman province of Byzacena to become one of the many

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sees of its capital Hadrumetum (modern (Sousse))'s Metropolitan Archbishorpic. Founded during Roman times, it survived the Vandal and Byzantine rule, but ceased to function following the Umayyad conquest of 670AD. Among the bishops of Vita is noted especially

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(487–?), an ecclesiastical writer who witnessed the occupation of

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and the persecution of Catholics by the Vandals. Another well-known bishop of Vita was Pampiniano, a victim of the

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487 AD persecution by Vandal king Genseric and remembered by the '' Roman Martyrology'' on November 28.

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The Roman-era ''

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'' (town) of Vita was the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese of Africa Proconsulare. There were two known bishops: *Panpinianus (Catholic bishop

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418–430) *Victor (Catholic bishop fl 484.) exiled by the Vandal king Huneric The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin titular bishopric. It has had the following incumbents, of the (lowest) episcopal rank : ''Le Petit Episcopologe'', Issue 146, Number 12.770. * Timothy J. Corbett (25 June 1938 – death 20 July 1939), retired first Bishop of Crookston (Minnesota, USA) (1910.04.09 – 1938.06.25) *

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(30 November 1939 – 27 November 1942) * Joseph Aloysius Burke (April 17, 1943 – February 7, 1952) * Francisco Orozco Lomelín (19 March 1952 – 17 October 1990) * Blessed Álvaro del Portillo (7 December 1990 – 23 March 1994) *

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, (31 May 1996 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

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