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Zarna was a Roman town of the Titular Episcopal See of Zarna
at GCatholic.org.
Zarna was a Roman town of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...
during late antiquity
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. An exact location for the town has been lost to history, although that it was in the Roman province
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of Africa Proconsolare means it must have been in northern Tunisia
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In antiquity the town was also the seat
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Types of seat
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of a Christian bishopric
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
,
suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. Only one bishop of this diocese is documented Vitale, who took part in the antimonotelita Council of Carthage of 646.
Today Zarna survives as a titular bishop
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ric of the Roman Catholic Church
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and the current bishop is Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar
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Nicknames
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of Puerto Carreño
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History
In 1913 the Colombian government created the province (comisaria) of Vichada and it was decided that its capital ...
. who replaced Edmar Peron Edmar may refer to:
* Edmar Bernardes, former Brazilian footballer
* Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda, Brazilian-Ukrainian footballer
* Edmar Japiassú Maia, former Brazilian footballer
* Edmar Lacerda da Silva, Brazilian footballer
* Edmar Victoriano ...
in 2016.at GCatholic.org.
References
Catholic titular sees in Africa Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Ancient Berber cities {{Africa-hist-stub