Diocese of Valeniniana

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The Diocese of Valentiniana (Latin: Dioecesis Valentinianensis) was a Roman-Berber civitas located in the province of Byzacena. It was a titular see of the Catholic Church. [1]

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Valentiniana, in today's Tunisia, is an ancient episcopal see of the Roman province of Byzacena. The Christian diocese was founded during the Roman Empire and survived through the Arian Vandal and Orthodox Byzantine empires, only ceasing to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The diocese was re-founded in name at least in the 20th century and it remains today a titular see of the Catholic Church. Three bishops are known from antiquity in this diocese. [2]

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Valentiniana is now a titular bishop's ecclesiastical seat; the current titular bishop is Philip Pargeter. [3] former auxiliary bishop of Birmingham.

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Philip Pargeter, West Midlands, is the Titular Bishop of Valentiniana, and a retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.

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References

  1. ↑ Valentiniana at catholicheirachy.org.
  2. ↑ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 233
  3. ↑ Valentiniana, at Catholicheiracy.org.
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