Media was an ancient city and former bishopric in
Roman North Africa, now a Latin Catholic titular see in
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
.
History
Media was important enough in the
Roman province
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of
Mauretania Caesariensis, in the papal sway, to become one of the many
suffragan diocese
A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandr ...
s, but was to fade completely, no ruins being identified.
Its only historically documented bishop was Emilius, who attended the
synod of Carthage called in 484 by king
Huneric
Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was ma ...
of the
Vandal Kingdom
The Vandal Kingdom () or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans () was a confederation of Vandals and Alans, which was a barbarian kingdoms, barbarian kingdom established under Gaiseric, a Vandals, Vandalic warlord. It ruled parts of North Africa and th ...
, after which he was banished like most Catholic participants, unlike the
Donatist heretics.
[Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 467; Stefano Antonio Morcelli,'' Africa christiana'', Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 222]
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin
titular bishopric
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 Media (Latine = Curiate Italian) / Medien(sis) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank ''with archiepiscopal exceptions'' :
* Antoine Hacault (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28 ''see below'') as
Auxiliary Bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
...
of
Archdiocese of Saint Boniface (Canada) (1964.07.30 – 1972.10.28)
*''Titular Archbishop: Antoine Hacault'' (''see above'' 1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada) (1972.10.28 – 1974.09.07); later succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (1974.09.07 – death 2000.04.13)
* Endre Kovács,
Cistercian Order (O. Cist.) (1975.01.07 – death 2007.07.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Eger (Hungary) (1975.01.07 – retired 2003.01.15) and as emeritate
* Petro Herkulan Malchuk,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Moldova) (2008.03.29 – 2011.06.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Odesa–Simferopol (Ukraine) (2008.03.29 – 2011.06.15); later
Archbishop-Bishop of
Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (2011.06.15 – death 2016.05.27)
* Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (2013.06.18 – ...), as
Apostolic Vicar
Apostolic may refer to:
The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
*The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
*Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...
of
Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay) (2013.06.18 – ...).
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Algeria
References
Sources
* Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 467
* Stefano Antonio Morcelli,'' Africa christiana'', Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 222
External links
GCatholic - titular see
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa
Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses
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